{This is the third in a recurring series which will explore the brutally complex concept of monogomy in increasingly outlandish scenarios. We hope these will be illuminating what-if scenarios, and that they will cultivate some intense philosophical discussions around what, if anything, really constitutes cheating.}
Is It Really Cheating If: 
You find yourself at a holiday party, and at the end of the night, while looking for your coat inside of a dark bedroom, an attractive but very, very dimly lit woman enters the room and you end up groping away, having passionate sex atop the pile of coats and then one person cries afterwards.
Is it really cheating?
-BDS & JWS
It's cheating if it's not your mate but cool if it was your mate.
hehehe..I got a chuckle out of this one. I just got a mental pic of someone going in there for their coat and...WHAT??!! I like the crying part...nice touch. And yes, definitely cheating.
Symplyamused - Damn. It's not your mate in the scenario, but we were hoping the crying part would justify things.
Jlee - It would be funny to be like what's that smell on my coat? See above comment about the crying as I was also hoping the fact that it was really dark would keep it behind the fence.
I've actually done that a couple of times, but that's another post. (the crying thing, that is..not the coat thing)
I'm sorry to say this is cheating. But what if your mate walked in the lighting still dim- not realizing who's who then joined in would this be cheating??? aha!!!
Haha..cheating all the way.
I never knew a pile of coats could inspire such a tryst!
;-)
The person crying would be the owner of the coat on the top of the pile
Yes, it is cheating. Opportunity doesn't mean you get to indulge.
Jlee - Don't cry as we've always said that sex is like pizza - even when it's bad it's still pretty damn good.
Jenni2222 - That's a good point with the pre-planning! We didn't consider this, but it would add a new element. Maybe the next scenario, and we respectfully decline to discuss the fountain of ideas where these scenarios come from. Ha.
Nobich - An even better addition. Now we're talking about a Xmas party I wouldn’t mind attending. It's definitely NOT cheating if this happens.
Kayla - Ha. That's funny as that last person at the party who threw their coat on top would be royally pissed. But if I was doing the the soiling, I wouldn't much care.
Sarcastic - That is a sad, but true statement. Opportunity does not equal indulging . . . That should be on the front of a t-shirt.
Ch, ch, ch, cheating.
Maybe i missed something when reading this one, but he or she had sex with a stranger on top of coats.....how is that anything but cheating???
I beg to differ. Sometimes the pizza is so bad you'd rather just have the salad. ;)
there's no crying in cheating....
unless you get caught!
Melissa - Da, Da, Damn.
Miss Ash - But what about the crying? Doesn't the fact that someone feels bad about the whole thing count for anything?
Jlee - Ouch. If you're forgoing pizza for salad then something has gone terribly wrong.
Cassie D - So true as there's no crying in baseball AND cheating. There might be some from the people who own the coats, but . . .
id have to agree with everyone. its definitely cheating...
even with the tears.
Oh please..hell no. Fake tears don't get my sympathy..even real ones in this scenerio.
Shrewness - How about a little help for the opposition. Just a little.
Miss Ash - That's cold Miss Ash. Very cold.
It's only cheating if you find out that it was your cousin's baby daddy/momma and you end up on Jerry Springer, throwing chairs and flashing your tits.
Hehehe
I agree. If you ever end up on Springer it's definitely cheating and things have gone really, really badly for you.
HA! Cute.
You forgot to mention how inebriated the both of you inevitably were. Because you could always just use that as an excuse, but it would still be cheating.
There was definitely some implied drukeneness, and that's too bad it didn't help to make this scenario not cheating. Damn.