Cheating !

[bms]

Is Cheating Illegal (Don't get me wrong)?
If you have two or more girl friends all knowing about each other, is that called Cheating?

[redcrx]

illegal? if you were married to them all then yes thats illegal.

If they all know about each other then its not cheating

[peanut273]

if cheating was illegal then most men would be locked up. Subjective but true!

[mrs_overall]

No it's not illegal but I think the correct technical term is

immature prat

[redcrx]

pmsl, wonderful answer Mrs O :)

[chelle7272]

lol mrs overall

though if they know they're sharing they're not too clever either in my opinion!

Immoral yes illegal no - the courts would be in chaos ;)

[SazzyC0]

Two or more girlfriends that know about each other or a collection of doormats??

[joggerjayne]

It's not illegal, bms. But it is ...

unforgivable

inexcusable

deplorable

reprehensible

despicable

disgusting

detestable

odious

vile

... and you should never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never even consider it.

(I presume you're just asking hypothetically).

[bms]

mrs_overall, lets no't change/modify its name, because I think immature prat can mean more than that or something else, whereas cheating remains cheating.

Looking forward to more opinions on this.
So far thanks for the received answers

[jake-the-peg]

And yet polygamy is common practice in many parts of the world.

Are people from Papua New Guinea for example

Doormats?

Detestable?

Odius etc. etc.

Polygamy and polyandry are very rare in our culture but I find it facinating the instinctive violent response this gets from women here.

It's not clear from your question whether these girlfriends are happy with the situation or not.

If not it's certainly manipulative and unfair on them.

If so then, well it's rare for love triangles to work but it does happen.

[bms]

Well redcrx, in some countries polygamy is allowed

[peanut273]

Lets make a bill & pass it through parliment for cheating to be made illegal...watch the guys quiver!! hahahaha

[mrs_overall]

If a man has 2 girlfriends, the only advantage for them is that they will have someone intelligent to talk to afterwards.

[jake-the-peg]

Given the ratio of males to females over retirement age perhaps we should permit polygamy over the age of 65.

It would certainly keep the inheritance lawerys in business

[redcrx]

so which country are you in bms?

[mrs_overall]

Oh jake, that makes me cringe.
All those women squabbling over who used the last of the Steradent, whose turn it is to wash the corsets etc.
No thanks!

[joggerjayne]

Jake ...

Polygamous spouses are not odious etc because they are not "cheating".

His wives all accept the situation as part of their culture.

But if a Papua New Guinean man had 3 wives, he should not then have a relationship with a 4th woman behind his wives' backs.

[peanut273]

dont mormons or used to allow the men to have nore than one wife?

why not us women have more than one man. one to wash, one to clean...OK. But its good to dream? x

[jake-the-peg]

Exactly! Jogger Jayne

Re-read the question it refers to "all knowing about each other"

[joggerjayne]

For the avoidance of doubt ...

1. If all the girls know about each other, then you're not cheating on any of them.

2. My feelings apply to women as well as men. A girl should be totally loyal to her friends, and to her boyfriend/husband.

You can get away with outrageous amounts of playing and flirting if the bottom line is ...

... when it comes to the crunch, I will never, ever be disloyal to you.

[jake-the-peg]

Multiple husbands is Polyandry Peanut.

It happens but is very rare.

I recall a Tibetian people in one of Bruce Parry's programs.

The men tend to be related and there is an issue about preserving title to land all hooked into it as I recall