In a perfect monogamous utopia, a relationship consists of a two peoples' physical and emotional interactions. But, unfortunately, it’s no longer the Puritanical Era of loving, thus people engage in “extracurricular” activities, i.e. cheating. Most people would define cheating as, "when two people are in a committed relationship and one of those people is sexually unfaithful to their partner." Sounds fairly accurate right? I believe, most of the time, this definition holds true. But, what happens when the circumstance isn’t so cleanly cut? Does cheating only mean a physical encounter with someone outside your relationship? What about cheating on an emotional level? Intending to cheat? Is it merely the “act of” that receives the Scarlet Letter? Imagine a man in a committed relationship with a woman. The woman is infatuated with the man, but the man's love and care belongs to another woman. Is that cheating? Picture two men in a relationship of the same nature and one of them uses a dating sight to talk to others. Is there another label for this kind of activity? Sometimes people can even "cheat" for the right reasons. Is it still considered cheating even though it's not nearly so evil? We see it in Hollywood all the time. A guy or girl is in a relationship with the wrong person. They then meet the right person and fall in love and go gallivanting off. Times are changing. The pious purity of relationships is seldom seen in today's dating or marital world, the introduction of technology has created other forms of encounters for people to access, and people are just generally seeking themselves outside an established relationship’s boundaries. And so, with this in mind, Facebook has introduced us to this modern dating era entitled “It’s complicated”.
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