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Chaste or Cheating? | Lifescript.com

What’s cheating? Men and women define it differently. We asked relationship experts to explain why. Plus, find out if you’re a likely two-timer with our quiz…

Years ago, I met a film critic who was in New York on assignment. He was married. I was not. There was an immediate spark. Drinks led to dinner and eventually back to his hotel room, where he was perfectly comfortable doing everything but. He drew the line at having sex. That, to him, was too far.

“It’s not cheating if we don’t have intercourse,” he said.

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Top 10 Questions About Cheating | Lifescript.com

Adultery is back in fashion again − or so it seems. Whether it’s a political wife standing stoically by her husband or a gorgeous celebrity humiliated by a dogging spouse, we often ask ourselves:

What would I do? Kick him to the curb? Forgive and move on? These answers aren’t easy. Read on for the top 10 cheating questions. Plus, will your guy cheat? Rate the risk with our quiz…

It’s easy to feel sympathy for the victims of a straying spouse (let’s call them the cheatees). And even easier to vilify the cheaters.

“We think of people who betray us as cads, bad people, immature,” says Steven Solomon, Ph.D., author of Intimacy After Infidelity: How to Rebuild & Affair-Proof Your Marriage (New Harbinger, 2006) “But most are normal folks who get lost in not taking care of themselves and their marriage.”

That’s not much comfort to the cheatees, who probably have a lot of anger, hurt and questions. Here are some answers to the most common cheating questions:

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6 Reasons Why Women Cheat

Is Your Relationship at Risk?
By Norine Dworkin-McDaniel, Special to LifeScript
Friday, March 28, 2008

Hillary Clinton became the symbol of long-suffering married women everywhere when she famously stood by her man… twice. But these days when a woman feels dissatisfied in her relationship, she doesn’t just suck it up and complain to her friends over cosmopolitans. She gets a private email account, posts a profile at LonelyCheatingWives.com and starts looking for hookups herself. In other words, the stigma is gone. In the old days, the news that a woman supped at another man’s table might have provoked scandal; now it barely raises an eyebrow. And if she’s someone famous, well, that’s just a boon to tabloid circulation…

“Affairs are not uncommon,” says clinical psychologist Nancy O’Reilly (aka Dr. Nancy). “Women tend to keep these things to themselves, but there are signs that they’re catching up with the guys.”

Accurate stats on women’s infidelity are understandably hard to come by since – no surprise here – ladies aren’t always keen on ’fessing up to their extracurricular activities.

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