>>936043361Again I see the logic you are using and I still have to disagree. I don't think cheating necessarily has to involve an emotional component at all. Cheating is the satisfaction of any physical or emotional drive or desire with someone other than your partner, who is assumed to be or clearly defined as the person who you have agreed to go to for that satisfaction. It's less about the specific act, be it physical or emotional, than it is about simply breaking a promise, agreement, or understanding.
For example, if my wife was constantly going to another man for assistance to solve tangible, physical problems that she knows I have the time, knowledge, or skill to solve... I'd consider that a sort of cheating. That's part of what I'm here for, part of the whole point. If I felt like she was hiding that from me and didn't want to rely on me... that would hurt. Of course I'm not a total idiot, so I'm not going to throw it in her face and say it is the same as fucking other people. But it's still a violation of the nature of the relationship for me and something I would really want her to understand.