by KKaryn

Created on: July 20, 2010   Last Updated: July 21, 2010

In order to understand what cheating in a relationships we must understand what kind of relationship we are in and what are the rules of this relationship. If this is an open relationship that both partner see other people and for there to be any kind of sexual relationship or is this just dating. If this is a marriage then the rules change and anything that we do with each other behind closed doors is crossing the line of cheating if those things are done with other people.

Now, we have the great Internet, that can take us across the street or across the world just to have an affair and never have to be with the person. We've taken being there and not really being there to higher heights there's; the web cam that allows to talk with and see people that are miles away and this make the perfect way to cheat and it gives a new meaning to "I'm telling you the truth, I never touch another woman or man since we been together".

The bible tells us that if we lust in our minds about another person we have committed adultery. The thing about cheating it is a choice, we can't go around blaming our partner about what isn't right in the relationship and then say I'm going to make myself happy with someone else and stay with the one that is not making me happy. Cheating can come to us in many forms.

If you are not getting the emotional support from your spouse or love one, this would be the time to start trying to talk about it and both parties must be wiling to deal with the matter and make it better. When there is a lack of sex in a relationship it is known that men have turn to women of the night and then it was the phone sex and now there is is Internet sex. This may seem ok because you are not with the person and there is no physical sex going on. Cheating can happen in a quick moment and it doesn't give a warning always until it is happening. It you are thinking about being with someone else other that the person you are in a relationship with that is crossing the line of cheating, because cheating start in the mind first and then before you know it you are over the line big time.

When a person is watching porn on-line or in the DVD player without their partner, that is cheating. The line between cheating and being faithful is so thin and easy to cross. You might think you are just being friendly with someone and find yourself thinking about what it would be like being intimate with them and before you know it you are acting out on the thought. There are many reason why people cheat and yet never a free pass when it happens.

The bottom line, cheating is define by doing things with someone other than the person you are in a relationship with. Cheating might be between the two people, and it hurts first them and spreads to the families and friends, until everyone they know is hurting. The best way to not cross the line of cheating is to talk to your partner and let them know how you are feeling and make sure they hear you and that the both of you come to agreement about how to handle the issues that could become the nightmare that neither one of you want to live.

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