No, I don't need the definitions spelled out, and I'm not meaning to "split hairs" as you say. My point is that infidelity is a religious law defining one's faithfulness to a marriage, and cheating is a moral word defining one's integrity. They really aren't interchangeable. Some may use the word cheating to define infidelity, but what they are really defining is the breach of their monogamous relationship agreement, and that can occur even if they are not married.
It's no different than the misuse of the word
cuckold on this website. Cuckolding has nothing to do with
black men fucking
white women ... nothing at all. A cuckold is simply an old label given a
married man who's wife also fucks other men, besides her husband. It doesn't matter if he knows or not, or if he too, fucks other women.
It makes it difficult to discuss topics when everyone applies their own definition to words. What if some people referred to minivans as trucks, or to paramedics as doctors, or abortion as birth control, etc etc ... ******* gets confusing, because people are on different levels trying to have a common ground discussion about the same topic.
So, no, I can't agree that infidelity is the same thing as cheating ... cheating who, God and his laws? What if God's laws aren't my laws? If 2 married adults have a communicated understanding of their relationship, where for example, the wife can be with other men, but the husband will only be with her ... that's not "cheating" ... maybe infidelity, but definitely not cheating.
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