• JCSpark@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    If only they had a conversation… Maybe cheating is an unspoken exploration for one or both people into other perfectly valid relationship styles?

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      5 months ago

      See that would be an open relationship, which by its definition allows for extramarital relationships with consent of both partners. Cheating is when one of the partners has not given informed consent to it

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        5 months ago

        Cheating is for when you know your partner isn’t going to consent, and also you’d hate to see your partner with someone else.

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          5 months ago

          True, but if you know your partner isn’t going to consent then you are just an asshole, or they are.

          If you are poli or for any reason want to have multiple relationships at the same time and your partner will not consent then the relationship is clearly not working for at least one person and there for should be ended