Cheating

[ObliviousCat]

What do you guys consider cheating and what isn't?
Flirting? Sexting? Etc.?
I've had many people online tell me that exchanging nudes with someone else or making someone cum other than your partner isn't cheating (most of them were probably just saying that to try and manipulate me into being disloyal). In my opinion, it is. What's yours?
I don't see the point in flirting if you already have someone - that just gives the person you're flirting with the wrong idea and can potentially hurt the person you're with.

[Zachary G]

Though some people are just natural flirts (they dont know how to be any other way), it would be considered cheating to sext, exchange nudes, help someone orgasm, and so forth with anyone that IS NOT the person you have committed to.

[Babs]

Anything that breaks the agreed upon boundaries. Some people are in open relationships and don't care if their partner sleeps with other people. Some people consider even watching porn cheating.
Personally, doing sexual shit with other people is what I would consider cheating.

[Melodic]

I'd actually consider flirting as crossing a line. I'm a natural flirt myself sometimes, but when I'm in a relationship I actively try not to do so and I feel that should be a thing. But that's my opinion.

[SillyShyGuy]

In my opinion, cheating is when someone deliberately flirts with or touches someone other than the person they are dating. This can be over text or in person. If you are officially dating someone then flirting or touching someone else is cheating. If you are just seeing someone or going on dates with different people and not in an official relationship, then you are okay.

In my case, my ex sent me a photo of her kissing another guy while we were dating. This is why I think you cannot trust people who are going through tough times. She was grieving and it caused her to become vulnerable. Grieving is not an excuse to cheat. I hate girls that cheat. Boys are equally guilty too.

[ashdyn]

Though some people are just natural flirts (they dont know how to be any other way), it would be considered cheating to sext, exchange nudes, help someone orgasm, and so forth with anyone that IS NOT the person you have committed to.

So according to my gf I'm naturally flirty. Honestly, I think I'm just really friendly but I guess I kinda give of a flirty vibe idk. Even though I'm considered flirty or whatever I always make it clear that I'm in a relationship and that there's boundaries. I text/talk to whoever I want but it stops at nudes and sexting. My general rule is would I be pissed if my gf did it to me.

[Nightfall_]

I think that maybe a little bit of flirting is ok, like, the tinniest flirt possible, but anything more than that is cheating

[Hudor]

I think anything with a sexual connotation to it that you do with a person other than your partner counts as cheating. As other users said even natural flirters can always set boundaries or try not to be too flirtatious. So anything done past those boundaries would count as cheating.

[Legoboy]

I can think about all the stuff that would hurt me, but then I know I have some issues with being insecure. So then I guess you'd have to lay out between you what would hurt your partner and you, and then you know where you stand. I mean reading this thread sounds like there's no fixed rule its very personal, so I guess don't assume your partner has the same boundaries as you do.

[AutumnWinds]

What do you guys consider cheating and what isn't?
Flirting? Sexting? Etc.?
I've had many people online tell me that exchanging nudes with someone else or making someone cum other than your partner isn't cheating (most of them were probably just saying that to try and manipulate me into being disloyal). In my opinion, it is. What's yours?
I don't see the point in flirting if you already have someone - that just gives the person you're flirting with the wrong idea and can potentially hurt the person you're with.

some people flirt without realizing it. i knew a guy once who constantly flirted with is female best friend that he had literally no sexual/romantic interest in. so i put very little stock in that. so me it's all about intention. if you have a romantic or sexual intention in something you're doing, it's cheating. i think sending nudies or making someone cum, even if it;s just with your words, is definitely cheating.