What constitute's cheating????

Question

I was just asking the question. I had a discussion with my friends earlier in the day and I was just asking this question for general purpose....

FOR THE RECORD... I am a happily married woman. I am not cheating nor will I ever cheat...

Just wanted to hear different opinions...

Answer 1

I just heard something today that actually fits this question.....

For Women it is cheating if you so much as kiss another person and for Men it is cheating if you have sex with someone else.

But really, what constitutes cheating is what the two people decide on in a relationship. It's something you both need to discuss and set boundaries on. Talk is the most important aspect of a relationship and if you don't tell your significant other what you consider "cheating" to be, there is absolutely no way that you can reasonably expect him or her to be aware of what you consider it to be.

Answer 2

As far as I am concerned you really can't "cheat" unless you are married or engaged (meaning a ring and a date has been set, anything less is not an engagement). Even if you are living together and you have 13 kids, I don't think you can cheat then since you have never made a legal commitment. Cheating would have to be doing something with someone else that you would not do in front of your mate. (kissing, saying "I love you", and having intercourse) For the most part spouses and fiancees tolerate most everything except intercourse, and some even tolerate that.
As far as cheating when talking about bf/gf relationship, most people don't tolerate even kissing someone else. Simply because it is then obviously the party is still shopping around and is not really happy in the relationship. Better to cut your losses early.

Answer 3

It is in our hearts: we each know when we are crossing that line. I think we make up rules and definitions simply to define how far we can go before we can be "proven" guilty.

How about this: When you cross the line between wondering and doing, you are cheating. It can be the most innocent thing or the most intimate: when you open yourself to the possibility of an encounter going further than a wave and a howdy, when you see yourself being part of someone else's scene other than your lover's.

Answer 4

Seriously, Why would you ask this unless you believe you have a guilty concious. I mean, you need to understand what is going on, so please, next time you write a question like this, explain the backround of the story. But if your asking questions like this, chances are, you ARE cheating!

Answer 5

Cheating can be physical, emotional, or both. The bottom line is that if you are doing something that you would not do with your spouse present you are cheating.

Answer 6

in a marriage, when the man or the wife is sleeping around with someone who they are not married to. or they are seeing someone else. they should not be doing that. for better or worse. no marriage is perfect, but you should not be cheating on each other

Answer 7

When you intent is to deceive another individual you have committed yourself to! It isn't merely physical it is very mental..people leave their relationships mentally and emotionally long before they do physically. When your fondest thoughts are no longer with the one you are in a committed relationship with and they are with someone else...you have crossed the line...

Answer 8

Cheating is constituted when you or your mate does something in the others absence that you wouldn't do in their presence. No matter what it is.

Answer 9

Anything you would do with the opposite sex that you could not do comfortably and without regret in front of the current person you are with.

Answer 10

Sleeping with another person behind your partners back in
a sneaky way and trying to hide it.