Cheating in a romantic relationship Part 1

Cheating can be a complicating thing to judge, define and notice. The best way to know if your partner is cheating starts before the act is even questioned. When two or more people decide to be romantic together and put labels on their relationship they need to communicate and give boundaries or rules; boundaries are especially important in open relationships.

Here are some questions you can ask each other:
What is your definition of cheating?
Is it okay to have sex with other people? What if it is only for a short period of time? Only once? As long as we are safe?
(Always have safe sex no matter what! STI's and STD's are as common as any other major infection!)
Is having sex with the opposite gender cheating? Same gender? Gender less...ect?
Is kissing cheating?

The list goes on, but it's important to be as clear as possible even if the questions sound funny, or obvious to you, do NOT assume that your partner/s think the same as you.