What do you think about the following statement? “Being unfaithful is when you sleep with someone else, and are open about it, cheating is when you lie about it.”

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  3. I disagree with it. Cheating is cheating, whether the person is open about it or not. As for what constitutes cheating, that depends on the couple’s agreed upon boundaries.

  7. If you’re being unfaithful, then you’ve already lied to me. You lied about us being exclusively committed. You’ve inherently cheated on our agreement to monogamy.

    I see no difference.

  8. A cheater said this didn’t they? to make themselves feel better about what a horrible person they are?

  9. I feel like anyone who is going through the mental gymnastics to try to make that distinction is probably a cheating asshole. I certainly wouldn’t consider a relationship with anyone who said something that morally questionable, and I’m not sure I would be friends with them either.

  10. Cheating in the context of a relationship is literally defined as “being unfaithful to a spouse or partner”. They’re exactly the same.

  12. Both are unfaithful cheating.

    It’s only ok to sleep with other people when everybody involved knows and consents before it happens.

  13. I think it’s some made up bullshit. Being unfaithful and cheating are just two different ways to say the same thing, like passing away and kicking the bucket.

  14. Cheating is cheating. Finding more complex ways to word and explain it is just a waste of time

  17. Disagree. The key is whether or not you have an understanding that allows you to sleep with others. If you don’t have permission to sleep with someone else, call it cheating or unfaithful or any other word you like, it’s much the same thing, regardless of whether you come clean about it.

  18. Sounds like something a cheater who got caught red handed would say and they’re just splitting hairs to justify their bullshit any way they can.

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