ApolloBalboa
Was King of the Board for a Day
Having never really been in a relationship myself, but having experience in this matter due to watching my parents' relationship fail, both of their following relationships fail (one got married and divorced, one had a kid with a girlfriend and broke up but still pays for it), and having seen some of the same with other members of my family, it puts my faith in commitment in jeopardy rather than monogamy. They may be the same thing, but I'm not always sure. I get very easily disgusted when I hear anyone (and I mean anyone, whether it be somebody famous, a friend, a relative, etc.) feels the need to have something on the side, a back-up, a go-to, whatever you want to call it. I get disgusted when I see people having kids together in what they call a "partnership" or anything among those lines, and saying that marriage is stupid or obsolete or "we don't need a piece of paper to tell us that we're husband and wife". You know what? It never works, it NEVER FUCKING WORKS, and I've seen enough cases of it to tell you so.
What does everything I've said above have to do with cheating? Simple: a lack of general commitment and basic common sense. If you have something that you find meaningful, whatever it may be, you don't go looking for ways to fuck it up. That means stay with what you have, and if it turns out that you're not happy with what you've got, end it, don't go looking for something else to help you fulfill that need that you're not getting while you continue to tell yourself (and most likely the other person) that you've got everything you ever wanted.
What does everything I've said above have to do with cheating? Simple: a lack of general commitment and basic common sense. If you have something that you find meaningful, whatever it may be, you don't go looking for ways to fuck it up. That means stay with what you have, and if it turns out that you're not happy with what you've got, end it, don't go looking for something else to help you fulfill that need that you're not getting while you continue to tell yourself (and most likely the other person) that you've got everything you ever wanted.