So you think you know what 'cheating' means?

Yeah I agree with this, I also think it doens't just have to be physical, it can be emotional which is really the worst kind of cheating.

It sure is!

But in reference to that point about hugging those two guys, even if your boyfriend would react negatively towards it, this is more of a case of him being paranoid rather you cheating as such.

You weren't cheating (as long as it was really 'innocent').

What do you class as sexual activity though? Is making out sexual activity? Or just intercourse?

Yeah I agree with this, I also think it doens't just have to be physical, it can be emotional which is really the worst kind of cheating.

cheating, to me, is doing something that you wouldnt tell your partner about.

so if your ever in a situation and your wondering if your cheating or not, just ask yourself if you would tell them about it...and if you hesitate, or would prefer not to...then your probably cheating.

even if its as small as a hug, or a text...


thats my view anyway.

I disagree because someone may hesitate to say something to their partner because they knew that they were very jealous and would over-react. Say I stopped and talked to my ex on the street - just a friendly hello, I may not tell my gf because she hates my ex and would get really bitchy (jealous type). Is that cheating?

Fictional situation, btw.

Infidelity.

Well, that was easy.

But don't forget it only applies if, as Crumbles said, "you're ever in a situation and you're wondering if your cheating or not".

It is therefore not cheating just to say 'hello' to that girl in your fictional situation, even if you wouldn't tell your girlfriend about it, because there is no reason to think that saying 'hello' is indeed cheating.

No it's not.

Infidelity is either too vague or it is too specific whereby it refers to adultery, which includes sexual intercourse.

And cheating isn't? In any case:

"Fidelity refers to the accuracy and integrity of self-representation, honesty or candor in an intimate, committed relationship. Integrity may be defined as 'the inner sense of wholeness deriving from honesty and consistent uprightness of character.' Infidelity is a breach of that integrity through the use of deception by one party to a committed and not necessarily monogamous relationship. This breach is experienced as a betrayal of an explicit or implicit agreement between the partners to not keep secret those matters now the subject of deception. Deception is 'the covert manipulation of perception to alter thoughts, feeling, or beliefs.'"

You lose.

I think you split an infinitive... That's unacceptable for someone like yourself.

Communicating

If he was meeting up on a regular basis in circumstances that made it a date, I would consider that cheating.