Aren't both the same? If you're cheating on someone, chances are you've told some sort of lie to facilitate it or cover it up. Even if somehow you've managed to cheat without explicitly lying, you're lying by omission because, in my opinion, just by being in a committed, exclusive relationship, you are tacitly saying to your partner that you are not physically or emotionally involved with anyone else.

The very concept is “cheating” is assuming one is lying. They’re the same. Truthfulness is trust. If I love someone and they love me I couldn’t care less what else they do with their genitalia. If my partner tries to hide another from me, I know the trust is gone and that betrayal is what is so hurtful. Respect and trust me enough to tell the truth.

Neither. Just walk away.

If I had to choose... I’d stay single.

Both bad

Ohferpetessake. Either is Awful!

It's all prejudice....you tell me, which is better:
a. Faithful partner that will have you killed to collect insurance, keep your wealth, whatever...
b. Promiscuous partner that will be there for you when you are sick, broken, desperate, lost, etc?

How can you separate the two, cheating is lying!

I think that a majority of the population stretches the truth a tad bit and so fibbing about trivial things wouldn't bother me - cheating however, is a completely different matter and I would have to walk away.

If they'll cheat 'with' you, they'll cheat 'on' you.

A cheater is a liar, and a liar is a cheater. And both of them are thieves, as they steal the truth and force a false reality upon those they lie to or cheat on, making the ability to make well-informed decisions concerning them impossible. Liars, cheaters, thieves... same thing.

There is no such thing as an “honest cheater.” Hiding what you are doing is lying. Telling someone that you love them and are in a monogamous relationship when you are unfaithful is lying If a cheater was honest about their cheating, then the partner is consenting to be in that relationship, so it’s not cheating, it’s non-monogamy.

They are both bad. I wouldn't want to be with or around either.

If they're only lying about trivial things then I would say cheating is worse. However, I'm not sure I know of a liar who can compartmentalize. For instance, our U.S. Liar-n-Chief

Both are bad and the same. I force myself to answer your question but my answer is always the same: none of them, thank you!

I fail to discern the moral or exact meaning, to cheat is to lie.

They are both negative reactions.An niether is better in a relationship in my opinion.

Seems they are one and the same.....attempts to get something for nothing....same as stealing...lying, cheating, or stealing....saying "only a little" doesn't change what you are. That being said...to strive for perfection is a virtue.....to expect perfection, in yourself, or others, is irrational

My ex did both. I didn't care for either.

Lying and Cheating are nothing more than 2 sides of exactly the same coin.

I absolutely love being brutally honest.
Lying damages trust, and credibility,
I also considered it to be cowardly.

Cheating is having a unfair advantage over your oponant.

Two sides of the same card really.

Neither.
My ex did both.
At the time I thought maybe he was mental, but now I see that many/most men routinely lie to gain advantage of women or evade responsibility for their errors.

But I also noticed women protect themselves from their more powerful, dangerous male lovers and mates, by being flattering and evasive, telling men versions of events that more likely won't provoke jealous revenge.

There is no such thing as a 100% honest person. If they exist they are riding unicorns.