What do you define as cheating?

Australia
March 13, 2007 7:07pm CST
Is it cheating when it becomes physical? or Is it cheating when there is an emotional connection? For me I set the boundary at being anything you wouldn't do or say in front of your partner. So where is your boundary in regards to cheating?
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@academic2 (7000)
• Uganda
18 Aug 07
Anything you do with your emotions, your body, your words, actions, your dreams, your heart, your best intentions, your trust which are all overtly within the domain of love and sexuality, but which are directed to objects that are not your designated partner publily known to the world around you comes close to being viewed as a cheating enterprise!
• Portugal
18 Aug 07
i define cheating as not properly executed work.. that's y ur caught before completing. howz this???
@anup12 (4177)
• India
14 Mar 07
I think it is all emotional or mental.If you are mentally prepared to cheat then you are definitley going to be physical to somebody else.
@Denmarkguy (1845)
• United States
25 Mar 07
This is actually a more difficult question to answer than it appears. I believe that "cheating" doesn't have a global definition; rather it's a question of the "agreement" between the two people in a relationship and whether or not that agreement has been broken. Couples tend to have very different perceptions about the boundaries of relationships. At one extreme, you could have someone like my ex, who got very upset and effectively "felt cheated on" if she thought I even THOUGHT about a woman other than her. But I have also been with someone who made it VERY clear to me from the start that she "most likely would love more than one person at a time." BUT... it was always an "above board" and "out in the open" situation... and I even knew and was friends with a couple of her "boyfriends." So, if I have to "define" cheating, I guess it would be when the individual agreement on boundaries in a relationship has been broken, it is most likely cheating. Which, I guess, is why communication BEFORE you get to "I do" is so important... alas most people never talk about their "tendencies" while they are all caught up in the euphoria of "new love."