Is online intimacy can be considered as cheating on unsuspecting spouse?
Creating emotional involvement with someone when spouse is not looking is a form of cheating. Agree or disagree?
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GlassDog · 41-45, M
Some people think cheating is mainly physical, some think it's mainly emotional/psychological. After a confession of cheating, you often hear a man say, "Did you sleep with him/her?" and a woman say, "Do you love him/her?"
It's not entirely clear from the word "intimacy" what sort of thing you mean. I think people can flirt, can support each other, can be emotionally connected, and even love each other and it still be on the right side of cheating. I don't think there's a clear boundary and even if there was, where it is changes for each couple.
I'd probably be looking for danger signs, as opposed to a clear definition.
It's not entirely clear from the word "intimacy" what sort of thing you mean. I think people can flirt, can support each other, can be emotionally connected, and even love each other and it still be on the right side of cheating. I don't think there's a clear boundary and even if there was, where it is changes for each couple.
I'd probably be looking for danger signs, as opposed to a clear definition.
GlassDog · 41-45, M
@1Dogma Hmm, see that's the thing. I'm not absolutist about it and don't think absolutely everything has to be shared. If I go for a coffee with a colleague and we talk about her husband, I don't expect her to have to share the conversation with him. Same with flirting. I see it as a point on the scale rather than binary position, and it becomes an issue when it goes too far along the scale.