2006-08-20 06:09:25 · 20 answers · asked by Queenbee 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Singles & Dating
no you can cheat without having an affair and you can have an affair without cheating
if you kiss someone else your cheating - no affair
if you are in love with someone else your having an affair your not cheating though
2006-08-20 06:13:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An affair is cheating but cheating is not necessarily an affair. If you have relations with anybody other than your partner than it is cheating on them. If it is a long term thing it is most likely an affair, because it is thought out and you keep going back for more. You can go out one night and have sex with someone and never see them again and that is cheating. An affair just sounds more dramatic.
2006-08-26 19:14:28 · answer #2 · answered by corry692001 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
an affair is a less harsh way to put it.. usually when someone is married or is in a very serious relationship and is caught "making relations" with someone other than their signifigant other over a longer period of time, it's called an affair. "cheating" is a more blunt way to say that you were caught loving 2 people at the same time, and wasn't as long-term as an affair would be. for example, dating someone other than your boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife for a few months would be an affair. kissing someone else or maybe a one-night stand, would be cheating.
2006-08-20 13:16:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, just some call it one thing and others call it different. You may be asking if doing some things are cheating and others are having an affair. But the definition of cheating is what you would consider cheating. My though has always been, if you wouldn't do it in front of your boyfriend/girlfriend/wife/husband, then it is cheating
2006-08-20 13:16:07 · answer #4 · answered by {Lisa} 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having an affair is cheating, but cheating does not always mean having an affair.
2006-08-20 13:15:06 · answer #5 · answered by Master Maverick 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I agree with answer 2. An affair really involves some sort of longer relationship, whereas just cheating can be a "one time" thing,
2006-08-20 13:15:53 · answer #6 · answered by wildraft1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An affair tends to be associated more with premeditated actions and over a prolonged amount of time where cheating is considered just like a one night stand.
2006-08-20 13:16:00 · answer #7 · answered by Munchy Mooneo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think an affair tends to be more planned out, and often repeated, where cheating could be a one time thing that was not pre planned
2006-08-20 13:14:07 · answer #8 · answered by Christina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cheating is a one off affair is on and on
2006-08-20 13:19:17 · answer #9 · answered by tmp_ingham 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they are the same thing.. they can flirt but it isnt an affair and its not cheating.. as the saying goes..." you can read the menu but you cant order anything off of it"
2006-08-27 01:02:25 · answer #10 · answered by lkwood39 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋