A CHEAT OR SEX ADDICT?

Cheating is such a cliché these days. I bet that private investigators make a lot of money from spouses spying on one another for the truth. Private Investigators see a lot of things when employed in a relationship dilemma. Name it and the have seen it. The secretly gay husband, (check), the lover of prostitutes (check), the bigamist (check) etc.  They’ve seen it all, Most especially those who have been long in the private detective business. Once hired, they uncover a whole lot of rubbish that would stun you. Now one of the most common mysteries they uncover is the cheating husband and the other woman or women. 

Lets create a scenario, shall we?

  A married man with the perfect family, very beautiful and loving wife and wonderful children. He earns £100,000 a year. Life is going good for them. They look like the perfect family. He seems madly in love with his wife. (Lets call them the Smith family). Mrs. Smith believes her husband can do no wrong. Asides from the little disagreements that is normal in every relationship. All is well in paradise. Mr. Smith Rushes off to work one fateful morning and leaves his phone behind.  Mrs. Smith sees it and tries to call him back but he is too far gone to hear. She walks in the house and here comes a message on his phone. Out of curiosity, she opens it up. She sees a picture of a naked woman in sexually provocative position. She is shocked and too weak to stand up. She is weak to the knees so she takes a seat. She can’t believe it!! She decides to go through his phone and text messages. WOW! Pandora’s box was indeed opened. Full of inappropriate texts messages, nude photos, dirty sex talk and everything that goes against fidelity in a relationship. Could this be a dream? She hires a private detective to dig deeper for her and she gets more than she ever bargained for. Now she knows the truth about her "beloved" husband.

She decides to confront Mr. Smith and of course, he denies it. Then she presents the evidence. Phone records, Credit Card Bills, Pictures, Text Messages and even e-mails. Now Mr. Smith has no other defense mechanism. He breaks down and starts pleading for forgiveness and confesses that he is a sex addict. That he would try to make things better. He begins to say how much she means the world to him and yadyayadyada . Too many women face this everyday. This is just a titbit of what they experience.

Now this is my question? Are there really Sex Addicts out there or do men use this to cover their cheating ways?.  I mean its quite weird to see that after a man has been caught he uses the sex addict card. So I’m just wondering is it really a diagnosed illness or is it just a lie people use to cover up their tricks.