“It is not adultery. We were living apart at the time,” says Cheater.
A cheater trying to avoid responsibility for violating their marriage vows might attempt to use the “geography excuse.”
This is the one where they excuse their behavior as “acceptable” since they were living apart from their spouse. They might even have started their own separation.
I take a very dim view on this lame “geography excuse.”
You are married until you are not (i.e. divorced). When you engage in sexual relationships with someone who is not your spouse, that is what we call adultery. Geography matters not.
Plenty of marriages have endured through geographical separation without one spouse deciding to unilaterally disregard the fidelity aspect of their marriage vows. For example, many military spouses remain faithful through numerous deployments.
