Why do they become cuckolds?

[Zhora Kuni]

I think it’s different for everyone. I have a neighbor in the garage, he is eight years older than me, when we talked with him over a glass of vodka or a bottle of beer, he often complained to me that his wife wants sex more than he can, although he and his wife are the same age. Then he began to hint to me that I could help him satisfy his wife. I thought he was joking. One day he invited me to his country house, where he arranged everything. I realized that the neighbor is not lying. He’s really a weakling even compared to me, and his wife is really a sex machine that you can’t fuck even with three of us. They live well and love each other, their children are adults, they already have grandchildren, the house is clean and everything in the kitchen is delicious. The wife is an excellent housewife, so she gets divorced just because she wants to fuck a lot? To be honest, I envied him. My wife seemed to have had enough sex from me, but for some reason I really wanted mine to be like my neighbor’s wife in the garage. I tried a little and one fine day my wife became not only mine, but I already became a cuckold. So, if we draw a conclusion from all this, then my neighbor in the garage and I have different reasons, and my wives, like mine, cuckolded us. The only thing is that my neighbor’s horns are still probably a little larger than mine, but my wife is much younger and, accordingly, has more potential. I am sure that there will be other comrades with horns, the reasons for their appearance will be different from ours.

[XiaH]

in a small regional center, a wife cheated on her husband with a neighbor and he caught them in the act. At first he fucked her up and wanted to get a divorce, but then something clicked for him and a week later he and his neighbor fucked her together. So he stayed with her and after a while she gave birth to a second child. But the story with the threesomes did not end and they moved to a big city, where the neighbor had already been replaced by other people from dating sites, etc. So the family lives happily, the children are already accustomed to seeing new men at home regularly))

[Concerned]

I think that many men have a tendency to become a cuckold, and this phenomenon itself is very ancient. After all, a monogamous family and, as a consequence, the very concept of marital fidelity are recent phenomena. In fact, they arose with the advent of patriarchy, and the latter arose as a result of the domestication of livestock by our ancestors and the transition to agriculture, thanks to which one man became able to feed his wife and children.
And therefore the monogamous family is a very recent phenomenon by historical standards. Moreover, the monogamous family and marital fidelity are contrary to human nature itself, and they limit people’s instinct to reproduce, prohibiting sex with those who excite us, forcing us to sleep only with our spouse.
At the same time, humanity spent most of its history lived under matriarchy and community of wives: any man could pass on his seed to any woman in the tribe, while one woman could have many partners, there was a struggle of sperm in her, and her egg was fertilized by the seed of the healthiest and strongest of her lovers. It goes without saying that the healthiest and most beautiful woman (and beauty is, first of all, health) was the most popular among the men of the tribe.
Conclusion: cuckoldism and sex-wife are a return of humanity to its roots, this is natural for a man to want the most popular woman among men, and it is natural for a woman to have many partners, and at the same time give birth to the best of them.
So cuckolding is not a sexual perversion, but obedience to the call of the ancestors.
And marital fidelity /monogamy is a young, unnatural and harmful phenomenon.

[XiaH]

Concerned, how well painted! It’s a pity that society is far from accepting this; you see, the divorce statistics were not so deplorable. Although people can, of course, be understood, especially when cuckold husbands “countrymen” are bullied in society for supposedly weak alpha behavior and raising step-children. A woman who allows a third person to be invited into bed with her husband also does not enjoy any special authority and tries not to talk about it. In post-Soviet countries this will probably not change soon.

[Valentine-74]

I am sure that there will be other comrades with horns, the reasons for their appearance will be different from ours.

I absolutely agree with this. Everyone has their own reason. For example, I always noticed how other men glance at my wife. She is really interesting both in face and figure. My friends didn’t hide the fact that they envy me, and I’m the kind of person who always wants something more. So the thought occurred to me that someone would envy me even more if they tried her as a woman. I tried to persuade my wife for a long time, not on my own, but with my wife’s friend, who already had good experience in such communication with men and often visited us at home. This friend’s husband knew nothing about his wife. One day everything happened at our house. The wife’s friend organized everything herself, offering one of her men with whom she had previously had a relationship. Everything happened in our house, in the bedroom on the second floor, and I was on the first floor in the hall trying to watch TV and for about an hour I became a cuckold. I felt the horns appearing when, after everything, the friend with whom my wife was went into the shower, and her friend called me into the bedroom where my wife was staying. The wife was shy, but her friend lifted the blanket, and there was a naked wife with her legs spread and hair stuck to her pussy, and under her ass a whole puddle of something that wasn’t hard to guess. Then everything turned upside down in my head. Before this, I convinced my wife that there was nothing wrong with that, that sexual intercourse with another partner was almost the same as a kiss with another man, but in fact it turned out to be very difficult morally and for the person changing. and for the wife.

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Immediately two weeks after that, my wife and I were even embarrassed to look each other in the eyes. Then I began to calm myself down and immediately wanted my wife to repeat what happened. When I gathered my courage and proposed to my wife again, she also began to calm down and became more open with me. They organized it for the second time, where I was already present and participated. I didn’t regret that I became a cuckold when my wife was already fucking the two of us in turn and together, without any hesitation, while receiving pleasure and giving us the opportunity to get it. One day she told me that that man was going to divorce his wife and was inviting my wife to divorce me and marry him. My wife told me all about this, said that she was not going anywhere from me, and soon the man and I ended our relationship ourselves. My wife and I did not close the issue of cuckold relationships. There are new ideas and partners for this.

[Andrey Lukashov]

The fact that horns appear felt when after everything, the comrade with whom my my wife went into the shower, and her friend called me into the bedroom, where my wife was staying. The wife was embarrassed, but her friend lifted the blanket, and there was a naked wife with her legs spread and hair stuck to her pussy, and under her ass a whole puddle of what was not difficult to guess. Then everything turned upside down in my head. Before this, I convinced my wife that there was nothing wrong with that, that sexual intercourse with another partner was almost the same as a kiss with another man, but in fact it turned out to be very difficult morally and for the person changing. and for my wife.

My horns once grew by five centimeters in about an hour. I already wrote somewhere that some friends of mine were in the Czech Republic at a type of swing club. Then my wife had sex with five men. The ages ranged from about 25 to over 50, and the sizes of their dicks also varied greatly. I was behind a glass partition and could barely restrain myself from jerking off, although my hand was constantly reaching out. He only periodically stroked his raised trousers with his hand. My wife was immediately embarrassed and constantly looked at me through the glass with innocent eyes, and I tried to pretend that nothing special was happening and everything was in order. It took less than an hour for it to be over. Some of the men, usually older ones, had their dicks already hanging, while those who were younger had their dicks horizontal and still in a fully working position, despite the fact that the condom on their penis already had a white tip. For some, the filled part of the condom was not large, but for others there was quite a lot inside. When I spoke to my wife at home, she said that she herself had definitely come more than five times. The vagina did not hurt after that. Most likely high-quality condoms with good lubrication.

[Alexander Trofimovich]

And if my wife and I together decided so, and she is now having sex with our son, I understand that this is incest, this is bad, but am I also considered a cuckold?

[niqk]

And if my wife and I together decided so, and she is now having sex with our son, I understand that this is incest, this is bad, but am I also considered a cuckold?

If you consider yourself like that, then no one will mind...

[She is Yanochka]

I have a friend whose husband has been trying to persuade me for a long time to sleep with one of her friends, and then tell him in detail how it all happened. He’s stupid. I would have known that she had already had sex even with those with whom her husband shakes hands almost every day. Didn’t sleep. Can you sleep when you have to do something? And now she already thinks that she can tell her husband some of her sexual adventures, having heard from him how good she is to him.

[Concerned]

Concerned, how well painted! It’s a pity that society is far from accepting this; you see, the divorce statistics were not so deplorable. Although people can, of course, be understood, especially when cuckold husbands “countrymen” are bullied in society for supposedly weak alpha behavior and raising step-children. A woman who allows a third person to be invited into bed with her husband also does not enjoy any special authority and tries not to talk about it. In post-Soviet countries this will probably not change soon.

A person is what is inside.
And inside is always the opposite of that , what’s outside.
He talks a lot about his sexual exploits, which means he doesn’t have any.
He hates gays and pretends to be an alpha male - a weakling, a coward and a latent gay.
And a cuckold is a person who is not afraid of his desires (which are the essence of the ancient program) and is so confident in himself that he is not afraid of losing his wife by giving her freedom.
I can also add that a typical sexual "pervert" with education above the national average and an income level above average, and, as a consequence of the first two qualities, supports the policies of the country’s leadership less than average.
And who is the "alfach"? Uneducated, poor, listens to chanson or rap, "patriot" and goes to the Moscow Patriarchate.

[Acheron87]

A person is what is inside.
And inside is always the opposite of what is outside.
Talks a lot about his sexual exploits - it means he doesn’t have them.
He hates gays and pretends to be an alpha male - a weakling, a coward and a latent gay.
And a cuckold is a person who is not afraid of his desires (which are the essence of the ancient program) and is so confident in himself that he is not afraid of losing his wife her freedom.
I can also add that a typical sexual "pervert" with an education above the national average and an income level above average, and, as a consequence of the first two qualities, supports the policies of the country’s leadership less than average.

Interesting statements, I agree with many of them.

[Lyaxander]

For a long time I have been looking for a couple on VK with whom I could try myself in the role of a cuckold husband. Licking during their sex is my dream

[Demchek 1976]

After 20 years of marriage, I would also like to see how someone else fucks me, and maybe even take part, it’s a pity that she doesn’t need this

[Cuckold!!!]

Married » 08 Oct 2022, 08:26

Why do many husbands want to see their wife on someone else’s penis?

This is the most difficult question and I think few people can answer it.
After marriage, I was jealous of my wife and it seemed that I would not forgive her betrayal, but when this happened, quarrels, showdowns, I forgave immediately and after a while I wanted this to continue and, moreover, I wanted this to happen with me, my participation, and even more frank desires arose during such meetings.
And I wondered why there was such a transformation of me and a jealous person into someone who wanted to be a cuckold and so that my the horns grew and became stronger.

[Psycho]

I saw a cuckold theme from porn, at some point I caught myself thinking that I wanted to experience this, I persuaded my wife, I cheated, I made audio recordings, sent a photo of panties covered in sperm and a photo of my pubic area, when I returned I licked it and smelled the condom. Wearing sexy swimsuits excites me when people look at her, I try to buy short transparent dresses, it turns on a wildly kind of element of masochism) I don’t know where I got this from, the dream is to see sex, to be in a cage, lick in contact, and lick up sperm

[Bully Carrie]

Come on, what potency, impotence, what are you talking about) Men are tired of ordinary sex: they want something new, that’s all. And the alpha male may well be a cuckold, why not.
For example, this topic is not interesting to me. But I admit that what we do with my partner in bed will not seem acceptable to everyone either. So...

[etc]

Yes, this is a common drug addiction.
Another way to increase the release of endogenous drugs. For example, to see your wife under someone else, to be in the role of a girl yourself. Biologists say that opium receptors are exploited during sex.
When you are full and lack appetite, we start adding pickles, sauces... Yes, by the way, food is also opium receptors)).

[niqk]

Oh, what potency, impotence, what are you talking about) Men are tired of ordinary sex: they want something new, that’s all. And the alpha male may well be a cuckold, why not.
For example, this topic is not interesting to me. But I admit that what we do with my partner in bed will not seem acceptable to everyone either. So...

It would be very interesting to know what exactly you do with your partner in bed. Share! You can PM me.

[di1111]

Hooligan Carrie, what are you doing like that? It’s getting interesting, you can PM me if you want

[Bully Carrie]

Look, we were delighted

Yes, nothing out of the ordinary, everything is within the law))
But some here are ready to count foot fetish, strap-ons and AC perversion)))

[di1111]

Can you tell me more details, it’s become really interesting, please tell me

[niqk]

Hooligan Carrie, on our forum?! Where does the zoo not look too much like some kind of perversion?

[di1111]

There’s a zoo here, that’s a twist

[niqk]

di1111, in any case, it was. I don’t know right now because I’m not interested...

[aryamari]

Tania,

If mine doesn’t send you to a columbarium, it certainly won’t jump joyfully with delight with a 99.9% guarantee that all this will end in separation and divorce. (yes, this is correct)

Yes, and if I myself had seen him happy from the fact that I was with someone else, I would have said goodbye to him on this note.

Although I don’t exclude the possibility that I am so out of date and not fashionable.

[niqk]

Tania,
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If it doesn’t send me to a columbarium, then it certainly won’t joyfully jump with delight with a 99.9% guarantee that all this will end in separation and divorce. (yes, this is correct)

Yes, and if I myself had seen him happy from the fact that I was with someone else, I would have said goodbye to him on this note.

Although I don’t exclude the possibility that I am so out of date and not fashionable.

I wonder how YOURS feels about your regular visit to a PORN forum with a very suspicious topic?

[Bully Carrie]

I wonder how YOURS feels about your regular visit to a PORN forum with a very suspicious topic?

I join the question)

[Tanya]

niqk, Bully Carrie »
I I try not to test his patience and nervous system and I don’t do this in his presence. This is what causes my periodic disappearances.

[anton.nekrasov]

When I see that my wife is being fucked by another man, I get hard. Probably on a subconscious level I like to watch and participate with them.

[Beluga]

Cuckoldism is an evasion of responsibility. Infantilism.

what if this is a forced step?

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You give up the wet cat and give it to other cats)

what if she goes to them without asking?

[Andrey Lukashov]

and if this is a forced step?

How do you understand "forced step"? Like, if the husband no longer has a penis, but the wife just needs to give it, then the spouses, by mutual decision, find a man who will exclusively resolve all intimate issues instead of the husband. And the husband, having seen the process itself from the outside, will understand that this is also not bad for “inserting”, and will conclude that being a cuckold is not very bad either:)

[Beluga]

What if this is a forced step?

How do you understand “forced step”? Like, if the husband no longer has a penis, but the wife just needs to give it, then the spouses, by mutual decision, find a man who will exclusively resolve all intimate issues instead of the husband. And the husband, having seen the process itself from the outside, will understand that this is also not bad "insert", will conclude that being a cuckold is not very bad either:)

if wife cheats, the husband knows about this but doesn’t want to get a divorce, and the wife doesn’t want to give up cheating

[Andrey Lukashov]

if a wife cheats, the husband knows about it but doesn’t want a divorce, and the wife doesn’t want to give up cheating

Well, this is basically the same thing as what I wrote above. Well, and one more thing... Imagine that for many years in a row you have been having sex with your wife according to almost the same scenario, and then you imagine another man in your place and doing everything that until that time only you could. You already madly want see everything from the outside and with your own eyes. And when this happens, you already understand that being a simple observer gives you even more excitement than before.
That’s it!!! You’re a cuckold who doesn’t even understand how this happened :)

[Beluga]

if wife cheats , the husband knows about this but doesn’t want to get a divorce, and the wife doesn’t want to give up cheating

nWell, this is basically the same thing as what I wrote above. Well, and one more thing... Imagine that for many years in a row you have been having sex with your wife according to almost the same scenario, and then you imagine another man in your place and doing everything that until that time only you could. You already madly want see everything from the outside and with your own eyes. And when this happens, you already understand that being a simple observer gives you even more excitement than before.
That’s it!!! You’re a cuckold who doesn’t even understand how this happened :)

maybe we tried this several times, but initially I didn’t think about it and didn’t want it

[Truwor]

Why do many husbands want to see their wife on someone else’s penis?

It’s hard to explain in simple words. Either they want it or they don’t want it.

For myself I always add: I should like the other man and be pleasant just like my wife, and well We tell him what. But this happens extremely rarely. But it happens.
And with just anyone, as long as - no, no!

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Why do many husbands want to see their wife on someone else’s penis?

I think this happens then when the wife is ideal, and beautiful, and sexy, other men like her and she likes other men too. And in order not to go crazy from jealousy, which in the end will not do anything good, but will only destroy relationships and family, a man has a defensive reaction of the opposite direction: Jealousy of my wife does not allow me to live and this cannot be reasonably prevented. What if you try to enjoy it? F
It turns out that this is not just pleasure, but the highest pleasure! From excitement and overstimulation I have spontaneous orgasms - a pleasure incomparable to anything else when you come without touching yourself.
However, there is one nuance. I should like the other man so much and become pleasant that I could allow him and my wife to enjoy it and even more: so that both my wife and especially I would be morally prepared for my wife’s pregnancy from him. Well, so that his wife would also like him, of course, and he would love his wife and want it quite seriously. This, as it turned out, is not so simple, but it is possible.
So for me, the desire to see my wife with another man is a defensive reaction. By the way, my wife and I were the first to have a friend, and only then did this desire arise.

[Andrey Lukashov]

......True, there is one nuance. I should like the other man so much and become pleasant that I could allow him and my wife to enjoy it and even more: so that both my wife and especially I would be morally prepared for my wife’s pregnancy from him. Well, so that his wife would also like him, of course, and he would love his wife and want it quite seriously....

Well, it’s impossible without sympathy. Here I completely agree. My wife and I have one more important requirement. The fact is that my wifegets more pleasure when your partner is large. It has become even more difficult to combine all the criteria, but everything is doable.

[niqk]

A self-evident conclusion arises: if a person wants to become a gay, a cuckold, a sex slave, etc., he will become one! And no
moral exhortations will help...

[Ivan.Kirillov]

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[Truwor]

......True, there is one caveat. I should like the other man so much and become pleasant that I could allow him and my wife to enjoy it and even more: so that both my wife and especially I would be morally prepared for my wife’s pregnancy from him. Well, so that his wife would also like him, of course, and he would love his wife and want it quite seriously....

Well, it’s impossible without sympathy. Here I completely agree. My wife and I have one more important requirement. The fact is that my wifegets more pleasure when your partner is large. It has become even more difficult to combine all the criteria, but everything is doable.

Similarly. I wrote in the last sentence that first such a friend appeared, by chance, the three of us had to go to bed, at a friend’s wedding, in the village, in the winter, where it was. And then such a desire arose. It was very exciting

[Womanslave]

For us, it came from the fact that I can’t satisfy my wife vaginally, and she’s just a whore on her own. Anal, cunnilingus - everything is great, but a woman wants a dick that will make her squeak and piss. To save the family, we agreed on free sex on the side. Nobody is hiding anything, she just dresses in a special way, so to speak, seductively and tells me that she is coming to get a portion of love. I don’t know if this can be considered cuckolding, but it really excites me.

[Alexander70]

Nevermind, I satisfy mine, she screams that enough is enough and everything is fine with potency, but I want to see from the outside how your girl gets pleasure, they even shot a couple of videos for this, and when I watch them I just explode!!! n

I completely agree. My wife and I have the same thing, and I’m just not childishly excited when my wife and I have MZHMchik happen.

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I would allow her to cheat, especially if she didn’t hide it from me and shared her impressions.

And it’s even better that it’s with you. There’s a special thrill here. I won’t explain, until you try, you won’t understand.

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I would allow her to cheat, especially if she didn’t hide it from me and shared her impressions.

And it’s even better that it was with you. There’s a special thrill here. I won’t explain, until you try, you won’t understand.

So they beat you for treason, and rightly so.
And when a husband himself offers his wife sex with another in front of his eyes, this is not treason, these are sexual games in individual family. And for this they don’t beat their wives, but on the contrary, they love them more.

Betrayal is when a loved one leaves you in difficult times, and sex with a stranger, if it’s mutual and without violence, in mutual consent and pleasure for all participants, then it’s just sex and nothing more. I treat this as a passion, as a hobby.

[Admin]

Cuckolds, stop making up excuses for your worthlessness.

[Alexander70]

Potence has nothing to do with it, I suggested MFM to my wife to confirm my self-confidence, a sense of superiority over my lover

And this is already a lottery, here you can lose . As they say, it’s a double-edged sword.

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maybe this is a way to take a break from the responsibilities assigned to the male by society? An opportunity to jump in and observe from the sidelines. At least that’s what I decided for myself. This is my way out. I rested, and then went back to work, supporting the foundations of the family.

Exactly like in that joke:
- Do you like MFM?
- Yes, very much.
- Why do you like MFM?
- You can always get off.

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maybe this is a way to take a break from the responsibilities assigned to the male by society? An opportunity to jump in and observe from the sidelines. At least that’s what I decided for myself. This is my way out. I rested, and then went back to work, supporting the foundations of the family.

Exactly like in that joke:
- Do you like MFM?
- Yes, very much.
- Why do you like MFM?
- You can always get off.

To be torn apart, because it is no longer worth it, and everything is lost. There are a lot of them, lickers, old people, all sorts of rabble. I don’t think their wives are beautiful.

It would be nice to look at you when you are 50-55 years old, and your wife is around 43-48.

[Truwor]

......True, there is one caveat. I should like the other man so much and become pleasant that I could allow him and my wife to enjoy it and even more: so that both my wife and especially I would be morally prepared for my wife’s pregnancy from him. Well, so that his wife would also like him, of course, and he would love his wife and want it quite seriously....

Well, it’s impossible without sympathy. Here I completely agree. My wife and I have one more important requirement. The fact is that my wifegets more pleasure when your partner is large. It has become even more difficult to combine all the criteria, but everything is doable.

Similarly. I wrote in the last sentence that first such a friend appeared, by chance, the three of us had to go to bed, at a friend’s wedding, in the village, in the winter, where it was. And then such a desire arose. It was very exciting when I found his hard, thick and hot penis with my palm between my wife’s legs and realized that I was losing my mind from a terrible desire for my wife to feel this magnificent penis inside her, so that it would certainly enter my small and neat pussy wife, whose panties were already wet.

[alex503311]

About potency, of course, this is not usually true.
I had a mistress, I was jealous.
And I would like to now, come home, she is 45, the guy is 30 years old, almost the same as I was.
We drank 1-2 glasses of cognac and she 2-3 glasses of wine.
And then he starts squeezing her, she is already in good condition, undresses her, puts her on the bed,
she moans when he he squeezed her.
She lies down and tells him "Stick your dick in"
Then he inserts his penis and I see how it enters her. She begins to moan.
I say "Now he’s you.." Do you feel good? She "Yes, very much" and to him "Stronger than me..."
I lie down next to her, then kiss her breasts and kiss, I understand that she is getting high from the kiss.
I say "How well his X suited you, enters and leaves your pi.."
I tell him "You.... her, fill her with sperm."
Then they both cum and he pours it into her. She screams from the buzz and he moans. I say you’re enjoying yourself and kiss her, she’s shaking from the buzz.
Then I look and sperm flows out of her pussy, I say, lubricant, good for you...., I’ll insert my x.
I lie down on her and I kiss and insert my penis and start fucking, she moans again, but louder.
I say, it’s time for you to get me... how wet you are now, my x enters like clockwork.
nI also fuck and he cums again and I pour it into her too.

[Womanslave]

Cuckolds, stop coming up with excuses for your worthlessness.

No excuses. Yes, I cannot satisfy my wife, but we love each other and want to be together. But she needs sex that will satisfy her. If I can’t, let someone else do it. Well, it just excites me

[Admin]

Womanslave, you can’t do it yourself, there are devices, there are oral caresses. And with real love, all this works.