Reply #203: You began this with cursing... so don't harp on the rules.

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I continued on your level of discourse. I certainly didn't call you a name. I merely described your highly scientific statistical approach -sarcasm- which frankly is best described as stupid. Someone can be stupid without staying that way. The act of being stupid isn't permanent I hope. Don't prove me wrong.

So let me get your current logic. I haven't cheated because the right opportunity hasn't come along??? When is it the right opportunity to be dishonest with someone you've committed to? I'm a realist too. I don't commit to someone I don't have the willpower to be completely honest with. That rule is pretty much the rule I live by, and it's a good rule when applied to all of the relationships I have with people sexual or not. It even goes for saying I'll go to a party. If I can't I call ahead and tell my friend why. In the past if I wasn't right there in the relationship enough to continue, or I had the opportunity you suggest is there from time to time, I had the integrity and decency to break things off with my partner before moving on. I find it hard to believe that this sort of integrity is limited only to me. I'm certain there must be others like me who simply can't live with the double standard you suggest is unavoidable. Male or Female, these people exist.

And I'm pretty sure that at any one time there are probably a comparable number of women cheating as well. That may be a generalization too, but I'm not speaking in superlatives like you were. In the end whether or not the study is sullied by bad data, poor questioning, or lack of anonymity, this is an awfully hard thing to research and create statistics for, don't muddy the process by arguing yourself into a hole with claims you can't support.