So what do YOU consider cheating?

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Honestly, I know I will be critiqued for this... but I would be more inclined to forgive sexual/physical encounter more so than emotional. I think that one hurts the most. When nothing has happened yet, but he spends more time talking to the other female... Ugh. I consider it cheating when you desire someone, and not just a fleeting desire but one that you think of often and is attainable.

That is some real shit right there. Time wasters should kick boulders.

I see it as this: A desire, mental or physical, of another person while engaged in a committed relationship with someone else. Included, but not limited to: Intercourse (any), kissing, holding hands, touchy feely, gazing into eyes, phone sex, interwebz loving, etc.

I have to agree with both of you. Yall said it perfect. I cant stand cheaters. The emotional attachment to someone else is what hurts the most.