Calling your cheat

Let the debate begins, the definition of cheating is not as clear cut as it seems and everyone seem to have a different view on it. Long-term relationships, being complex and complicated as it maybe, is still held precariously by building intangible emotional bonds. There may be many different reasons for perceived cheating that it would be hard to state exactly what cheating is. But I still stand firm that even if sex was not involved, the loss of shared affections that helps to develop emotional bonds between two person would lead to a seperation.

Chuck Klosterman may state that - Cheating begins the moment someone decides that it's unreasonable to be sexually committed to one person, and once that happens, only the fear of being caught - or the unavailability of an attractive accomplice - is what prevents infidelity from actually happening.

But for me, whatever one's definition of cheating might be, even if an illicit relationship was never consummated physically, misplaced intimacy would still result in the end of one's relationship with an existing partner. It is the loss of such shared affections and development of emotional bonds that would ultimately develop into a breakup.