Matt Walsh

Any form of intimacy, any form of personal intimate connection with a person of the opposite sex who is not your spouse is cheating.

Or it puts you so directly on the path to cheating that it essentially already is.

And, you know, if you're married, so you say this, and when I say this kind of thing, I hear from some people who are married who, to them, it sounds almost absurd.

Like, it's almost, it's unworkable for them.

They can't imagine not having those kinds of intimate connections with members of the opposite sex, even though they're married.

And if that's the case for you, if these guidelines sound too strict, then all that tells me is that you're a cheater.

Like, you have already cheated or you will.

Or you'll change your view.

Like one of those three things are going to happen.

You've already cheated or you will cheat or you're going to change.

And probably you already have.

Right?

Anytime we have this conversation, there are people that get like offended.

The people who are married but will feel really strongly that, no, I should still be able to have intimate relationships with people who are not my spouse.

Okay, you're a cheater.

Like you've already probably done it.

And you know it.

Or you're going to.

And you know that you might.

Like you're leaving the door open for it.