"No, cheating is never okay in any type of relationship, even if you're just dating casually. The only time you should have relations with someone other than your partner is if you talk to your partner and you both agree that having sex with other people is acceptable. This isn't a complicated concept."
How can you "cheat" if you're just casually dating? You can only cheat on someone in a relationship where both of you have agreed to remain exlusive to one another and not see other people/have sexual relations with other people. Up until the point where both parties have that discussion, it really seems like fair game.
It makes absolutely no sense to me why I should be expected to remain exclusive to someone if I've only been on two or three casual dates with them, like coffee or the movies and such. If you don't want the person you're seeing to be banging other people, it's your responsibility to speak up about what you want and lay out ground rules.
I was not referring to casual dating as "has been on two/three casual dates." Obviously, this is not a monogamous relationship. I was referring to someone you have been casually dating for some time, just as Darth Wheatly defined it as the "activity of going on dates: the activity of going out regularly with somebody as a social or romantic partner." As you can see, we both used the singular noun "partner."
That said, if you're having sex with someone you've just been on a few casual dates with, then yes, you should be aware of things such as their health status and whether or not they are seeing/sleeping with other people.
Huh... Well im just going to throw this out there. I am a HUGE slu*. But atleast I admit it, HOWEVER I also think cheating is 100% wrong. And when I am out and about having fun its when im NOT in a relationship. Cheating is just wrong, thats like going up to your mom or dad and telling them you have a better one.
How much sex you have and whether or not you cheat on your partner are two totally unrelated things. I sincerely hope nobody assumes you would cheat just because you have multiple partners - if they do, shame on them. That said, the term "s
lut" tends to have unfortunate, entirely unrelated connotations, and is used in some pretty awful ways (like victim blaming). But that's another story.
Anything is, by definition, "it". "it" simply refers to a previously mentioned noun, preferably in a way that makes it clear what noun is being referred to. It's a great word when writing about a general human, because it's gender neutral.
Firstly, I have yet to see humans referred to as "it"s. Even if you're saying something like "the worker" or "the CEO," you don't later refer to them as "it." In English, humans (and sometimes animals) only get gendered pronouns; "it" is a non-gendered pronoun that refers to an object. Thus, when you say "it" in English, it is assumed you are referring to an object.
Secondly, I said "it" is dehumanizing because transgenered people, intersex people, androgynous people and so on have been called things like this that are incredibly disrespectful and dehumanizing. It's most likely Darth Wheatly was referring to such people by including "it." I respect the fact that Darth was trying to be inclusive in this way, but they simply used the wrong pronoun. (See - Darth's gender is undisclosed, but I'm not referring to them as "it.")
So, to clarify, the poster said "make sure you are going to marry the right Girl/Guy/It." Instead, they should have said "marry the right girl/guy/
person." Not only is it more inclusive, but it's also grammatically correct.
If anyone wants to continue this conversation, here is not the place.
~Psychic