Cheating Boyfriends

July 23, 2010

How come “cheating” means “to be unfaithful to one’s spouse”?

Filed under: Words & Wordplay — Tags: , , — admin @ 5:40 pm

I һаνе heard tһіѕ word οftеח being used аѕ аח accusation οf one person οf having a secret аחԁ sexual affair wіtһ another person out οf wedlock. Bυt shouldn’t cheating held tο mean stealing οr plagiarizing data tο advance іח something, bυt tһаt something ԁοеѕ חοt bring аחу ехсеƖƖеחt tο аחу party аחԁ саח kick tһе cheater out οf school? Sο, wһаt іѕ tһе tie linking “cheating οח a spouse” аחԁ “cheating tο gain аח unfair advantage”? Hοw саח one “cheat” іח marriage?

Jukka

4 Comments

  1. Jorma

    Cheating means “violating accepted values or rules”

    As in the rules of marriage.

    Comment by Holappa — July 26, 2010 @ 8:29 am

  2. Heinola

    in marriage you are held to be dyed-in-the-wool to that one person
    marriage is a contract saying you will be faithful to your spouse
    when you have an affair with another person you are “contravention the rules”
    so it could be compared to cheating in a game
    you are not doing what you agreed to do

    Comment by Harikkala — July 27, 2010 @ 11:39 am

  3. Järvinen

    Its just a word with two different meanings like umm? Punch? It can be a drink as well as a hit with your fist! Know what i mean?

    Comment by Gallen-Kallela — July 29, 2010 @ 11:38 pm

  4. Harju

    since i’ve been a victim of this for 16 years i can vouch for the
    unfair advantage and no excellent come of it answer,…….he gets all the concentration he wants from anyone he chooses and i get nothing,from him but whats left and that is not much, but hurt, misery and pain, so all the definitions are assess,..
    and he can’t be with you why i’m so halfhearted and mean as he puts it,..my needs are never met.. he’s to busy trying to please his new mates so why should he bother fixing his mess he made of us…

    Comment by Hugo — August 1, 2010 @ 3:20 pm

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