It's only cheating if you go behind your partners back, if you betray them etc. That's how I see it anyway.
If someone genuinely loves you, they won't try to restrain, shame, judge you and if you love them too, then they will know you will always return to them even if you stray/wander/lose your way.
Aye exactly too man, well said. Good relationships NEED honesty/transfer and communication with each other. That's why mine failed too.
Plus there's swinging and open relationships as you said ofc.
We're complex creatures ffs. Very rarely does monogamy work for anyone. That's why divorced rates, cheating and whatever are so damn high and common amongst other reasons ofc.
If you love someone, even if you're separated in anyway even by different people, you'll still love each other and find a way back to each other.
A lot of dudes don't have a clue how many hundreds of guys hit up girls everyday and blow up their phones/DMs and such. Even when they're in relationships/spoken for and even married.
I've seen a lot of women and girls admit they love being in relationships just to cheat and they openly desire men who aren't available, who are already taken over single men too.
I don't approve of that at all but I can understand open relationships/polygamy/free passes/swinging a lot more now. I've seen couples who do some of those things at least be much happier than most monogamous couples
I used to be all about monogamy too but the more you expect someone to be loyal to you, to commit only to you, the more likely they won't and will feel like a caged bird. I learned that the hard way, many times.
True romantic monogamy is mostly fictional for a reason sadly. Its uncommon and unrealistic.