# To cheat or not to cheat?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-cheat-or-not-to-cheat/259552>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [August 12, 2004, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-cheat-or-not-to-cheat/259552 "2004-08-12T16:58:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-cheat-or-not-to-cheat/259552/41 "2004-08-13T16:41:34Z")

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> Is that true?

More or less. I don’t claim to flawlessly hold to my ideals, nor always be right. And sometimes, i will guiltilly withhold information. But I make every attempt not to lie, particularly when the issue is important. Its gotten me into trouble sometimes, since far too many people don’t wish to hear the truth as I see it and would prefer their comfortable illusions. Anyway, should I choose to get married, I _mean_ it.

Perhaps i wan’t clear in my easlier statements though: I really don’t understand why sex is supposed to be amazing that perfectly sane people will drop everything to hop into bed with random members of the oppositte sex. After all, its ultimately fun, but it ain’t Hollywood nookie nookie, folks. This is kind of twisted and slimy and… well, you get the point.

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**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-cheat-or-not-to-cheat/259552/42 "2004-08-13T17:10:16Z")

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Never.

I cannot take the conditions of the OP without a caveat, since I believe in God and I believe that he’d know what I did, plus I could not look at myself. I made my vows to God, my spouse, our families and the community, I take them very seriously. I still can’t bring myself to make “ball & chain” jokes (how’s that for stiff?)  
The thought of cheating on my wife, or my wife cheating on me makes me nauseous.

Plus what **Bricker** said.

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