after watching season 5 of "the l word", my friend and i had a very interesting conversation on what constitutes cheating. you see, in one of the episodes the characters are all gathered around a fire and one of them asks, "is kissing cheating?" from there they have a discussion on what each of them thinks cheating is. some think that kissing is cheating, some think that even thinking is cheating, some of them think that these are not cheating. at least 1 or 2 of the characters think that sleeping around is not cheating, as long as it's not with the same person twice. a few characters believe it's not a blanket standard to be held but more of something agreed between the couple as to what their rules are. once you start discussing these things with your friends, it's a really interesting glimpse into their standards and morales, if you want to call it that. no matter how much you may agree with and get long with a person, you'd be surprised at how much you disagree over the cheating issue. in that respect, it's kind of like religion and politics.

so what do i think? is kissing cheating? it all depends on the context, baby!