Recently, I've heard of too many instances of someone cheating within a relationship and blaming it on "being too drunk". As a young adult, sure; it's fun to go out with friends which oftentimes involves drinking. What isn't acceptable is when someone becomes obliterated to the point of betraying their significant other and saying it doesn't count because they were drunk.

To those kinds of people, I have one thing to say: cheating is cheating.

Cheating is cheating whether it's one quick kiss or a sexual encounter.

Cheating is cheating whether you've been together for a week or for the past ten years.

Cheating is cheating whether you're drunk or sober. Being drunk is no excuse for becoming an unloyal cheater.

Cheating will always be cheating, and there's no other way to put it.

To the person who thinks cheating doesn't count if you're drunk; you're wrong. If you truly love the person you're with, why cheat? Why does it sound appealing to ruin a good thing to have one night of "fun"? If you love and respect your significant other, you won't blame your own belligerent actions on one too many rum and cokes.

If you were the one to mess things up, you need to be the one to come clean and admit your actions. Your partner finding out now from you will be a hundred times less humiliating than hearing it six months from now from a so-called "friend".

From someone who has witnessed the awful effects of cheating (although not within my own relationship), it simply breaks my heart for those involved, especially when someone is being blindsided.

In my opinion, someone who cheats cannot argue to their significant other that they still love them. They may love the memories and feelings attached to that person, but after cheating, it can't be the same kind of love. Remember that if you cheated on someone, for a split second, they were worth nothing to you.

Drunk or sober, cheating is still cheating.