If you have a partner...is text sex  the same as cheating?
551191
From a biblical standpoint only... fitting since you are asking a moral question... He who sins in the mind, also sins in the Flesh. That is paraphrased, mind you.
281093
Cheating is unfaithfulness in any way.  Emotionally, physically.  You can cheat on the internet and never meet the person.  It's still cheating.
584871
sorry but cheating cheating as long as you have a threesome and both participate
475071
If you feel like you need to keep it a secret from  him, then yes it is wrong.  If you do it for more than just casual companionship, then it is cheating even if its not in a physical sense.
1090240
my lover and i have phone sex all the time, just be open and honest, share the first thing that comes to your mind.  it is fun and addicting too.  enjoy, and you wont sound stupid and there is no right or wrong respnses when your having phone sex.
508675
If you're "officially" separated from someone, then there is no accountability to each other any longer.  Your former partner wasn't being unfaithful because you weren't together and there was no obligation.  Besides, phone sex is only masturbation.  Big deal!
498090
Cheaters are HYPOCRITES.\n\nBut cheating has 2 types; cheat for bad and cheat for good.\n\nCheat for bad is, as we all know it, for sure, it will hurt anyone. So don't cheat your BF/GF! Because that is not good in a relationship!\n\nBut there is a cheat for good. Cheat for good means, well, for example, you're actually meet up with you cousin girl, to just discuss about family matter. Nothing more, I mean he's your cousin!. Your girlfriend call your cellphone and ask, "who are you with right now?". You don't want her to feel suspicious because your GF is a really really jealousy person! So you say, "Oh..I'm currently discussing assignment with my friend, John. Why?". \n\nYou're cheating your girlfriend so that she won't get hurt. But YOU know that you're not cheating on her over a really bad thing. \n\nAnother example, you're in a toilet, taking a pee. Your girlfriend call your cellphone, "where are you?". And you say, "Oh...I'm errr...in my bedroom of course!". ;-P
1116146
Well if your bf's cheating with your bestfriend, whats the difference if you do it????? hehe
438220
Cheating isn't just a physical act.  If you think it might be wrong, it probably is.\n\nIt sounds corny, but if it's wrong in your heart-- that's what makes it cheating.  You can't avoid a wrongdoing like cheating on a technicality-- like, "Well, I didn't really touch anyone else."  You know?
743463
If you are in a committed relationship with your boyfriend but then have sex with someone else (male or female), you are cheating on your boyfriend.\nHowever, if you and your boyfriend have NOT committed yourselves to each other, then he needs to understand that he cannot stop you from experimenting.  He's jealous and most boyfriends would be jealous if their girlfriend wants to experiment in a potential lesbian relationship.
1108461
Cheating is a symptom of a relationship where people are not communicating and have lost their connection with each other. it's the fault of the relationship not a particular person.\n\nAs soon as you stop communicating one or both of you become candidates for infidelity....because we all miss intimacy with another person. We'll seek it out if we're not getting it at home.\n\nA man may be attracted by beautiful women but we won't cheat if we are truly intimate with our wife. Our heart won't let us.
234830
Phone sex between spouses is a normal and fun thing.  But I think phone sex between two strangers is perverted, how do you know you're talking to who you think it is.  That is why cybersex is so stupid too.  IMO
553913
He had an "emotional" connection with this person, so...by definition, he already cheated, hence a "real affair".  Sometimes it is worse than when it is just for physical gratification, with no emotion attached.  Don't know if he would have a physical relationship with someone other than his wife...some men prefer to not go beyond the cyber thing, as that is what their turn on is, so it's just a matter of who and how he is, and how sound the marriage is.
306976
Those of you that have said no to this, but have commented on why people cheat, and judge those that do, have really got no right to judge/comment unless they have been there and done that themselves or have been on the receiving end. As for me, yes I have cheated. Nearly 5 years into my marriage, we started having alot of problems. We weren't spending quality time together or communicating and there was no sex. When I tried talking to him on a deep and meaningful level, I got no input from him. I told him repeatedly that I was unhappy in our marriage and even to the point where I asked him if he would come to marriage counselling with me. He refused! I spent more and more time on the internet chatting to my friends until I got talking to a guy from Germany. Eventually, I was telling him about my marriage problems and how unhappy I was. From what started out as a friendship on the net and someone to talk to once or twice a week, ended up developing into something more and talking every day. It got to the stage where I hardly spent any time with my husband at all and he knew I was chatting on the internet. This guy from Germany told me he had developed feelings for me and was flying down to Melbourne to meet me. I kept it quiet from my husband and told him I was going away for a couple of weeks and that we needed the break. I picked this guy up from the airport and we drove interstate together and holidayed for two weeks. Yes, we had the most wonderful time together and when it was time for him to leave, he wanted to come back to Australia again and visit me. I felt so guiltly for cheating on my husband that when I returned home, I told my husband and also told him it was over between us and I moved out of the house. The guy from Germany and myself continued on with our relationship for about a year. The second time he came here, he spent a month with me in Melbourne where I was living at the time. Sadly though it didn't work out because long distance relationships are just too hard to maintain and there was no future for us because I found out in the end that he had no plans to marry and live in Australia. Some people think that people who cheat on their partners are scum, well most often than not, the people that are the cheaters, suffer as well. I'm not condoning cheating and I'm sorry for what I did but I not only lost my house (I left it to my husband)and security, but I nearly lost my family as well because they didn't agree with what I had done and my brother-in-law disowned me for awhile. If I could take back what I did, I would, but as the saying goes, what's done is done and my advice is to anyone that is thinking of cheating on their partners, don't! He'll end up finding out and if he doesn't, you'll have to live with the guilt for the rest of your life (if you have a conscious). For 2 to 3 years after I left my husband, I was an emotional mess. I cried constantly for the hurt that I brought upon my husband and also my family. If your marriage is in turmoil, communication is the key to a long and lasting marriage, so try and talk things through, seek a marriage counsellor if you have to and if all else fails, tell your partner you are leaving before you do something you will regret later! Life wasn't meant to be easy and you have to constantly put the time and effort in to make a relationship work! I learnt the hard way.....
373841
Yes, you are cheating. Some people say cybersex is not cheating because you do not engage in Physical contact with that other person, but remember that you are engaging in an act of intimacy and sexual content with someone else, BEHIND YOUR BOYFRIENDS BACK. If thats not Cheating, Then I dont know what it is.\n\nI  think cheating also has to do with what the couple considers cheating.\n\nSome people dont think Oral sex is cheating(Remember Bill Clinton) I read an article about guys who had oral sex outside marriage but Never intercourse, Because they didnt think it was cheating.\n\nOther men go as far as stating that, If you do not love that other person, then intercourse is not cheating , because you are Not Making love, you are just having sex with someone(this, I think is just Bullshit LoL)\n\nFor people in an open relationship, Sex with other partners is not cheating, as long as they keep committed to each other and are honest about it.\n\nKissing someone else is also a way of cheating, and, In some cultures, even flirting or hitting on someone whos not your partner is considered cheating.\n\n\nI personally believe that any act in which you engage in things of a sexual nature, behind your boyfriends back, Is cheating.\n\nNow, think of your particular case. Why are you hiding it? If your boyfriend found out, would he get mad? If you found out your bf is having cybersex, would you consider that cheating?  If you answer yes, then I think you are cheating.
610583
Conventionally;\nIt's cheating if you kiss another on the lips\nIt's cheating if you french kiss another \nIt's cheating if you masturbate or get masturbated by another\nIt's cheating if you have sex with another (i think you already knew this one uh!)\nSometimes it's cheating even when you are having sex with your partner but you think about the other (which doesn't explain what you are doing with your partner then...but i do understand to some having sex is just a cheap substitute of the Gym).\nTo make it brief, it doesn't take a full sexual intercourse to CHEAT. It simply takes the will do to it. The extent to which you do it can be affected by many factors (People around, sense of guilt, lack of time) but that doesn't mean you're being honest nor a simple kiss diminishes the hurting effect of being cheated.\nAfter all, to prove what i say, you simply need to wait till your partner will kiss someone else in front of you to see if your self-estime goes up or down or if you feel "special" to him/her.
817726
For some people flirting is just in their personality. Now if it's flirting with the intent to cheat, or they are being very suggestive, then I don't think it's acceptable. Still, while it may be innapprorpriate, I wouldn't call it cheating.