I don't go for the idea of open relationships, but that's just me. I would be very upset if my partner cheated. And after 20 years of being an HIV/STD counselor, I've seen all too often the diseases that get passed around. Even if your partner uses a condom, certain diseases can still get passed on. Ouch.
I had a partner cheat on me and then would only tell me it was "several people, definitely more than 2". At that point you don't believe that they are using condoms. I was so scared and I wish that I had been more careful even though at that point we had been together for 10 years.
I've known a couple of ladies who believed that all men cheated and had the "You may have had him once but he's still coming home to me" mentality. They were more or less okay with it.
I don't think all men cheat. I just know that at some point or another my sex drive is going to flag, and the emotional bond driving the marriage is way more important than the sexual one. So... I guess it wouldn't be cheating so much as an open relationship.
I'm poly, so I probably have a different bellwether for "cheat" than most people might, but if you mean "break the pre-established (not the presumed) agreements of the relationship" no I would not.
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