You guys and your definitions. Ok, Webster...
Let's speak some English then.
Cheat:
1. To violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation.
2. To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner.
If we determined that 1.) there were no rules to violate, and 2.) one can have sex with many partners and still remain faithful to all of them, then what would you call it? You certainly can't call it "cheating" because that term doesn't accurately describe the situation.
Oh, now I suppose you want to define "faithful"...
Adjective
faithful
1.) loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause
2.) having faith
3.) reliable; worthy of trust
4.) consistent with reality
Noun
faithful
1.) The practicing members of a religion or followers of a cause
Ok, you'll want to dwell on #3, huh? "worthy of trust"? Well, to dwell on that we need to define "trust"....
Adjective
trust
1.) Held in trust; as, trust property; trustmoney.
Noun
trust
1.) An equitable right or interest in property distinct from the legal ownership thereof; a use (as it existed before the Statute of Uses); also, a property interest held by one person for the benefit of another. Trusts are active, or special, express, implied, constructive, etc. In a {passive trust} the trustee simply has title to the trust property, while its control and management are in the beneficiary.
2.) A business organization or combination consisting of a number of firms or corporations operating, and often united, under an agreement creating a trust (in sense 1), esp. one formed mainly for the purpose of regulating the supply and price of commodities, etc.; often, opprobriously, a combination formed for the purpose of controlling or monopolizing a trade, industry, or business, by doing acts in restraint or trade; as, a sugar trust. A trust may take the form of a corporation or of a body of persons or corporations acting together by mutual arrangement, as under a contract or a so-called gentlemen's agreement. When it consists of corporations it may be effected by putting a majority of their stock either in the hands of a board of trustees (whence the name trust for the combination) or by transferring a majority to a holding company. The advantages of a trust are partly due to the economies made possible in carrying on a large business, as well as the doing away with competition. In the United States severe statutes against trusts have been passed by the Federal government and in many States, with elaborate statutory definitions.
3.) Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance.
4.) Credit given; especially, delivery of property or merchandise in reliance upon future payment; exchange without immediate receipt of an equivalent; as, to sell or buy goods on trust.
5.) Assured anticipation; dependence upon something future or contingent, as if present or actual; hope; belief.
6.) That which is committed or intrusted to one; something received in confidence; charge; deposit.
7.) The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office.
8.) (law) An estate devised or granted in confidence that the devisee or grantee shall convey it, or dispose of the profits, at the will, or for the benefit, of another; an estate held for the use of another; a confidence respecting property reposed in one person, who is termed the trustee, for the benefit of another, who is called the cestui que trust.
9.) An organization formed mainly for the purpose of regulating the supply and price of commodities, etc.; as, a sugar trust.
So, uh... #3 smells pretty good... no wait, let's use #5. Oh jeez, I think #7 is the best one for this situation. No, because we'd have to clarify "confide" and what exactly is confided. Um, let's see, we can't use #5 because of "present or actual": actual means actual, not assumed. Well, see, and even in #3 they went and used the term "assured". If someone's trust was based on something they assumed or perceived (mistakenly) and not an assurance, then by definition, what they had wasn't trust.
So, that defies the definition of #3 for "faithful". And by doing so, defies the definition #2 for "cheat". All you have left is defiinition #1 for cheat...
Shall we define "violate", "rules", and "advantage"?
azanon said:
Call it what you want, but why should I impose these additional standards arbitrarily upon myself just to see if i can still pull off "making her/them stay". Why make something unnecessarily hard? I dont pick up multiple chicks to impress someone. I pick them up because I want them, and no other reason. Thus, it is pretty illogical to make something unnecessarily hard upon myself.
If you have rules, and i dont, then i'm more powerful than you, not less powerful. Name a rule of yours, and you've just potentially named something i can do that you cant/wont.
^^^that is some beautiful stuff there!
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