D/s outside one's marriage

[Ozme52]

Cheating means you take or do something outside of the accepted rules. Specifically...

transitive verb
1: to deprive of something valuable by the use of deceit or fraud
2: to influence or lead by deceit, trick, or artifice
3: to elude or thwart by or as if by outwitting <cheat death>

intransitive verb
1 a: to practice fraud or trickery b: to violate rules dishonestly <cheat at cards> <cheating on a test>
2: to be sexually unfaithful — usually used with on <was cheating on his wife>
3: to position oneself defensively near a particular area in anticipation of a play in that area <the shortstop was cheating toward second base>

Before getting married, my spouse and I agreed that neither of us cared to know of the others' possible dalliances... and also agreed that such extra-marital affairs were, by definition, permitted.

So other than it's use as the idiom for extra-marital activity... it's about the same as "cheating toward second base"

In other words... If it's in bold... it's bad. If it's in green it's keen.

[gloombunny]

Before getting married, my spouse and I agreed that neither of us cared to know of the others' possible dalliances... and also agreed that such extra-marital affairs were, by definition, permitted.

I wouldn't accuse you of cheating, then. Like you say, the word only refers to things that are outside the boundaries of the relationship (either well-defined or implicit, as the case may be).

[Ozme52]

I wouldn't accuse you of cheating, then. Like you say, the word only refers to things that are outside the boundaries of the relationship (either well-defined or implicit, as the case may be).

Good... now that we've gotten that straightened out...

I find myself once again subless.