is punting considered cheating?

[Aphantom]

Modern day cheating is too complicated. Even just talking to another girl without having sex can be considered cheating if done intimately. If that's the case then I've actually cheated more than I thought because I've had intimate conversations with colleagues and third party clients more than the amount of girls or WLs I've had sex with.

What is intimate conversations? Sometimes it involves a bit of sex talk, sometimes we share some feelings, talk about things only shared between husbands and wives, the only thing we didn't do is say "Do you want to start a relationship with me and have sex later?"

Totally agree with this. I have a female friend overseas with whom I’ve never slept. However we both admitted later that we had a crush on each other when we first met.
That led to frantic texting for about a year. So we know everything about each other’s sex life, preference, errogenous zones etc. More than our spouses know in fact. She even asked me to go over so that we could consummate it, but I didn’t take up her offer.