Where cheating starts from?

I was talking with a friend today if there is anybody there, I mean a married person, who has never cheated his partner all marriage long. Actually, the discussion got more complicated - who are we talking about ? what kind of people ? how is cheating around the globe ? and so on…

We both agreed that a couple where at least one of them is a very attractive person, well that couple is more exposed to the risk of cheating than a couple of two ugly people. Or maybe not …

For example, in my case (I look pretty good :D ), I’m not sure if it would be possible for me , nor for my woman, to stay “clean” all life long - I am trying to be realistic here. I have a beautiful woman and I am sure she has a lot of men asking her out at this very moment, as for me, I am a man and like all men, I might be tempted one day to “hunt again”. Still, what we could do (and what we do) is to protect each other. Moreover, I am probably prepared to understand if she has had an affair one day because I know she did a good job hiding it from me all this time. My opinion is that it doesn’t hurt as long as you don’t know and as long as love is still there (in bad and in every little gesture).

And by the way, what should be call “cheating”?

An innocent kiss at a party or something more serious like sleeping with someone. Some say (and I agree) that one night with another person is not that bad - it might even help to “refresh” your relationship. What I believe is really bad is dating regularly with the same person or dating too often with other persons. So, this is what I call real cheating. All the rest is just a game of mind and personality.

Resuming my discussion with my friend, we can barely say we reached a conclusion. We couldn’t agree when real cheating starts - what is acceptable and what is not. Are beautiful people more tempted to cheat than the rest ? Can it be a personality problem ? What about this game of mind and personality ? (a kind of “light cheating”).

But I like this syntax - “a game of mind and personality” - and I think it deserves an entire post that will probably come very, very soon :)

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