Four Out Of Five Partners Say What You Did Was Cheating… Even If You Say It’s Not
A look at why what constitutes “cheating” can be more confusing than you’d expect
Apparently my sister watches things other than Real Housewives. Here’s what she had for me this week:
This week’s question is brought to you by Shahs of Sunset where not only did Mike finally cop to sending texts to girls but his girlfriend admitted to a friend that this is what gets him off. SUPPOSEDLY it never goes any further than just texts … so my question is if you sext or send flirty texts for stimulation and it never goes any further is it cheating? Or is it a kind of bespoke porn tailored for a person’s tastes and desires?
But I didn’t __________, so I didn’t cheat.
Feel free to add in a whole lot of terms in that blank — meet in person, touch, enjoy it
Classroom discussion is always heated when we start to talk about what is and isn’t cheating, and then those same conversations are often repeated (and are usually louder) with friends and family. Why is this so complicated? Don’t most people agree on what cheating is? The answer is simple — no they don’t. What’s cheating will vary from person to person, and relationship to relationship. And while technology has…