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Is going into a chat room and having a personal chat with someone of the opposite sex who is not a relative considered cheating? If the two were discussing computers, a book or the weather it would not be considered cheating but sooner of later the chat becomes of a more personal nature it heads into the gray area of cheating.

Once the chat becomes of a more personal level and feelings of an intellectual attraction are discussed is this considered cheating? This is where there is a gray area of sorts. You can like someone strictly platonic ally for his or her intellect and it can be an honest to goodness friendship. It is not considered cheating in most social circles.

This is not considered to be cheating in the true sense of the word, but some people would consider it cheating on a spouse or partner simply because you are in fact forming an emotional bond with someone other then your spouse or partner.

We all know that when the topic of discussion involves playful cyber sex then that gray area disappears for most people, yet some people will say it is just innocent fun. Tell that to the wife who walks in on her husband typing 'romantically' to some one named 'hotstuff694u". Now if that husband is a sweet talker he more then likely will get away with this cyber cheating.

I am not implying that only men do this type of thing, as I have personally seen both males and females engage in this particular behavior. Take this example, a man comes home unexpectedly and sees his wife sitting naked in front of her computer with an assortment of toys, he will have one of two reactions. Either he will enjoy what is taking place before him or he is going to get angry and evict her. If he partakes any form of enjoyment it is not considered cheating to him, but it sure is if he evicts her.

What would you do if you were in his shoes? Do you consider that cheating or playful fun? Would it make a difference if the person your wife were talking to male or female?

Unbelievably some people consider cyber sex with a same sex partner not to be cheating at all. I do not agree with them, if it is something that you would not do with your mother or dad in the room it is cheating. If you have to hide the relationship or even aspects about it, it is considered cheating.

Chat rooms are notorious for getting a bad rap about cheating. Yes, there is cheating going on within chat rooms I will not dispute that for a minute but there are also many people making healthy and non-healthy relationships in chat rooms every second of the day. Not every one is cheating in those rooms, but chat rooms are off limits to some simply out of the fear of chat rooms and their reputation.

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