Do men ever leave for any other reason than an OW?

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Reading this topic is starting to make me realise that there is almost always an OW in the background when men go awol in relationships (whether that's awol literally or emotionally).

It seems women will often leave relationships because they are unhappy in the current situation, whereas men will only leave when they think they've got their fallback sorted, iyswim? OK, that's a bit of a generalisation (after all, women have affairs all the time, I know) but the same situation does seem to come up time and time again. It's a bit depressing, isn't it?

Anyway, just pondering really. Why do they do this? And has anyone ever been in a situation where their male partner has left a LTR without having an OW lurking in the background? (And no, am not a journo, just have a lot of time on my hands this afternoon )

I'm (almost) sure it must happen on ocassion, but I've only ever known men to leave because of OW, (saying that, I've never known a woman to leave without having an OM on the side either, so perhaps its just my circle of friends?)

I think generally that is the case tho have not seen any statistics. There are interesting statistics about outcomes for single men they do very badly in terms of health, longevity, and other more subjective measures like well being whereas single women tend do very well indeed on most measures. I guess men do not really like being single but for women it sometimes feels like a bit of a liberation (gross generalisation i know) However with both sexes, often meeting someone else is the catalyst or imperative to leave an unhappy relationship that they may have otherwise endured.....imho. why you ask???

I am a bloke, and I don't intend to drag my past stories up yet again, but I am leaving with no OW in site.

I have recently seperated from my wife of 35 years. Married at 19/17 and we have finally realised that we were both wasting our lives.

I know a couple of men who left due to unhappiness, no-one else involved on either side, but a lot more where there was someone waiting in the wings.

There is an assumption that the woman will stay in the marital home with the children, and unless the man is v well off, or has family to fall back on, that means he ends up in a bedsit or room in a shared house, which I think men don't find appealing (can't blame them). So sometimes it's easier to leave once there's an OW on the scene and they have another home to go to. The other issue is that some men just don't want to be on their own, so again wouldn't make the break til they had someone else lined up.

sorry meant sight.

We both had a full and frank discussion about the way we were wasting what little time we had. We both realised that we didn't want to look back in 20 years and say if only.

I was helping a friend who needed help, but I haven't spoken to her in a week and there is no romance involved.

Men do leave sometimes, a man I know has a wife who subjects him to occasional dv but more so mental abuse and I think he is plucking the courage up to go but is worried about it all coming out and the effect it will have on their children. Agreed though most men dont go unless they are wealthy enough to stand the cost of a decent home.