Is being online 'chatting' whilst in a relationship cheating?

[the_moirae]

The question still needs answering - is this cheating?

(Preface my answer with: just one person's opinion. Okay, now that my disclaimer's out of the way...)

Depends. If folks are in an open relationship (and by "open" I mean, their spouse/s.o. is aware of their mate's activities, or there is some understanding that their partner chats/r.p.'s/etc. on/offline), then the activities don't fall into the arena of "cheating." Otherwise...well, yeah.