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Cheating. Ugh -- one of my least favorite words. In the last week or so, I've been inundated with stories about husbands cheating -- on both the celebrity front and personally. It's funny -- cheating was one thing when it happened back in college, where commitments seemed to last about as long as a keg at a house party. But it takes on a whole other meaning when it has to do with married couples, especially newly married couples. Let's talk about Chad Michael Murray and Sophia Bush. The new Us reports that Chad cheated on this beautiful young starlet "constantly" and didn't even try to hide it. Eyewitnesses told the mag that just two weeks after their April wedding, CMM was partying solo and "acting single." Did I mention they were married for a mere five months? Then there's Jamie-Lynn and A.J. DiScala, who were married for two years before splitting. I mean, you'd think Meadow Soprano's husband would be afraid to cheat. Fuhgeddaboudit! A source told Us, "[A.J.] was a very bad boy!" Another was more frank: "He cheated on her." Now I won't be so hard on her for making out with that club promoter. And to play fair, women are guilty too -- just ask Tori Spelling. Her daddy dropped over $1 million on her wedding to Charlie Shanian in July 2004. One year later, she met an actor on the set of a TV movie and now they're living together. Oh, and he was married too. He has a seven-year-old son and a two-month-old daughter. Maybe I'm naive, but I always thought that when you committed to marriage, it was different. Different than the high school football player you cheated on -- or the rugby player from college who cheated on you. I thought marriage was serious. You know, the real deal. I mean, what's the sense of getting married if you want to be with other people? These days there are acceptable alternatives -- like the Susan Sarandon/Tim Robbins "we ain't ever gettin' married, so deal with it" way of life. Jude Law is the new poster boy for cheating. The dashing chap, who's been doing damage control by staging photo ops while "playing with his children at the park," is the same fella who screwed his kids' nanny on a pool table. And, after two months of begging for forgiveness, his pretty, presumably smart fiancé, Sienna Miller, took him back. It's like cheating has become like boho chic or a Balenciaga motorcycle bag -- it's the new trend. And right now I just feel so out of style.