What do you define as cheating

How far does your other half have to go before you define it as cheating? Does thinking about it constitute being unfaithful or do they actually have to touch before you get your knickers in a twist? And would you stay with them if they did?

Kissing, touching, all of it. You can also cheat with your mind as well and be thinking of someone else when you are with your current partner.

I don't have a prob with the other half looking/admiring/checking out someone else. It's the touching I object to thanks.

Natural instinct to admire but I have to agree that touching is crossing the line.

I'm the last person to ask. Learnt my lesson that's for sure but once its done you can't take it back no matter how hard you'd like to or how much you regret it and sorry doesn't mend the pain you caused.

Take it from someone that fucked up and lost out; it's not worth losing someone you care about for a quick bit on the side.

You know what babe, you may not be able to take back the past but learning from it and not repeating the same mistake again is something to hold close to and cherish.

Cheating is something I've simply never understood. My philosophy is that if things are going so wrong in a relationship that you feel the urge to stray, either take the time to see if you can work through the issues you have with your current partner, or have the decency to call a halt to the relationship before jumping someone else.
Why inflict pain on someone you care about, simply because you are too afraid to open up and be honest.

Just my thoughts on the matter anyway.

Well said Benj. Would like to think that as I've gotten older I've corrected old habits. Not proud of some of the stuff I've done in my youth but it's all a learning experience.

I'm a shameless flirt so I often just run my mouth without really thinking about what I'm saying, but flirting for fun and flirting with intent are two completely different things in my book.

I've flirted on here. Does it mean I'd jump the other person or vice versa? Nope. It's a bout of verbal sparring as a mate said just recently.