OPINION ON CHEATING PARTNERS

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Is flirting a form of cheating?

I hope not.

I suppose it's only cheating if you break the rules. Each couple can set their own rules as to what constitutes infidelity.

[Dan & Jenni 457]

I hope not.

[TeapotGirl 66]

I hope not.

I suppose it's only cheating if you break the rules. Each couple can set their own rules as to what constitutes infidelity.

There's another thing called "emotional cheating".

I say we are human. There's really attractive people out there aside from your partner but I'll take a quote from Pearl S. Buck's My Neighbor's Son - "You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings."

[Darnell 8,478]

Is flirting a form of cheating?

Many think so. (I think so)

When in doubt, ask yer local parish priest for an interpretation.

[Confused 2 94]

I think for me the most disturbing part would be that my partner did not respect me and care for me enough to knowing that it would cause a lot of damage to us and our relationship. It would not matter if the cheating was physical or emotional. I would not want to be with a woman who does not respect and value our relationship equally.

[dukeandduchess 141]

I think there's a difference between harmless flirting and "flirting".

I often harass the UPS man (god love a man in brown) at work but it's totally just a huge running joke between us that makes my staff, customers, and my fiance laugh. I always tell my fiance about any good "lines" we give each other, and he and the UPS guy have a running joke about fighting for my adoration...

This running joke started before my fiance and I got together, and he's always known about it. It's not a scandalous secret that I hide and have intent to "follow-through" with any of my ~flirtations~.

I think if it was something my fiance had issue with or something I was doing behind his back or with the *intent* to do anything aside from just joke around--- that kind of flirting would be cheating. I respect my fiance enough that if something bothered him I would stop but he even says things like "Tell ---- I'm going to kick his butt next time I come up there!" and then the UPS guy says something back and so on.

Anyway, I suppose my point is that you need to have good communication and know what each others boundaries are and respect them. I can see how harmless flirting/joking around could cross barriers in other relationships but it all depends on the people and the relationship.

[Dan & Jenni 457]

I think there's a difference between harmless flirting and "flirting".

Anyway, I suppose my point is that you need to have good communication and know what each others boundaries are and respect them. I can see how harmless flirting/joking around could cross barriers in other relationships but it all depends on the people and the relationship.

:thumbs:

[Fandango 1,439]

I once heard a definition of cheating that was pretty cool....it was, if your partner was there, would you feel ashamed?

[Darnell 8,478]

Once upon a time, harmless flirting was known by the other label, of 'social interaction'.

IMO, 'harmless flirting' is an oxymoronic label.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Once upon a time, harmless flirting was known by the other label, of 'social interaction'.

IMO, 'harmless flirting' is an oxymoronic label.

It depends on the culture. My wife being Asian, thinks saying hello to a member of the opposite sex is flirting. Being from Northern California, we tend to hug and even kiss on the lips when greeting and saying good-bye. Flirting for me and my friends would allow a deliberate grope, and some tonsil tickling. Anything beyond that would definitely be cheating.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

I once heard a definition of cheating that was pretty cool....it was, if your partner was there, would you feel ashamed?

Or "would you feel her hands around your neck strangling you?"

Alla gets upset if I read posts from other members that post photos of their wives It is OK to post HER photo.

Cheating would not be acceptable, to say the least.

[TBoneTX 43,157]

Whenever I'm a few minutes late getting home from work, I freely tell Mrs. T-B. that I was with the rubias (my six fictitious blondes), si man.

Earlier this week, Mrs. T-B. handled her own emergency car repairs with great aplomb when I was slammed at work and couldn't help. I told her that I was proud of her, and that at least two of the rubias couldn't have accomplished what she had, no man.

[Laveau 67]

I love Gary's Alla. Seriously.

[Zami 0]

Whenever I'm a few minutes late getting home from work, I freely tell Mrs. T-B. that I was with the rubias (my six fictitious blondes), si man.

Earlier this week, Mrs. T-B. handled her own emergency car repairs with great aplomb when I was slammed at work and couldn't help. I told her that I was proud of her, and that at least two of the rubias couldn't have accomplished what she had, no man.

What an awful, hurtful "joke." How very Latin of you. Does anyone actually know a Latin man that hasn't cheated - emotionally or physically? Just wondering.

[rlogan 2,036]

I don't care if she cheats. I just want half the money.