Outside Marriage: Meaning, Sex, Infidelity, and Relationship Boundaries
Outside marriage describes romantic, emotional, or sexual conduct beyond marital boundaries, including nonmarital sex, affairs, separation dating, or consensual nonmonogamy.
Outside marriage describes romantic, emotional, or sexual conduct beyond marital boundaries, including nonmarital sex, affairs, separation dating, or consensual nonmonogamy.
Extramarital sex means sexual activity involving a married person and someone other than their spouse, whether secret or permitted by agreement.
Extramarital means occurring outside marriage and commonly describes romantic or sexual relationships involving a married person and someone else.
Adultery traditionally means voluntary sexual activity between a married person and someone other than their spouse.