A cheat is someone who deceives or defrauds another. In the context of marriage or any committed relationship, a cheat is someone who is sexually dishonest to the spouse by having sexual relations with another. In a wider scope, having emotional involvement with a member of the opposite sex aside from the legal spouse also makes a cheat.
Cheating connotes secrecy and whenever a spouse sees a need to hide anything from the other, there is a big possibility that the thing being hidden will hurt the partner. Spouses hide many things from each other in different aspects such as in finances, vices, work, and even special interests. The need to hide is a presumption that the partner will not approve of what is being done.
A cheating spouse need not ask if his/her spouse will approve of what he is doing. Marital infidelity has caused the break-up of so many marriages but such a fact has not prevented more infidelities to occur. We see people cheating on their partners in all walks and levels of life.
A cheat is not being fair to his/her partner by not being straightforward of his/her real intentions. Rather than seek a solution by taking with the spouse perceived to be at fault, the faithful spouse is given no chance to do better if the fault indeed lies on him/her. A systematic cheat is usually not concerned with addressing the problem but only perpetrating lies as long as possible.
