Define Cheating....
cheat (chēt)
v. cheat·ed, cheat·ing, cheats
v. tr.
- To deceive by trickery; swindle: cheated customers by overcharging them for purchases.
- To deprive by trickery; defraud: cheated them of their land.
- To mislead; fool: illusions that cheat the eye.
- To elude; escape: cheat death.
- To act dishonestly; practice fraud.
- To violate rules deliberately, as in a game: was accused of cheating at cards.
- Informal To be sexually unfaithful: cheat on a spouse.
- Baseball To position oneself closer to a certain area than is normal or expected: The shortstop cheated toward second base.
- An act of cheating; a fraud or swindle.
- One who cheats; a swindler.
- A computer application, password, or disallowed technique used to advance to a higher skill level in a computer video game.
- Law Fraudulent acquisition of another's property.
- Botany An annual European species of brome grass (Bromus secalinus) widely naturalized in temperate regions.
So according to this definiton, flirting with someone other than your spouse is not condisidered cheating, right? To cheat on one's spouse you have to be sexually unfaithful. So is flirting with someone else really harmful if both people know it's not serious and nothing will ever happen between them? If it's just a joke or for fun? There' is nothing wrong with that is there?
I don't think there is. I have a lot of male friends and flirt with most of them. With most, it's like an ongoing joke. My husband knows about it. So I don't see anything wrong with it. But, yesterday someone told me flirting is a form of cheating. She was just being a vindictive b**** when she said it, but it still got me to thinking.
So, is flirting a form of cheating, or is it all just harmless fun?
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That's what I said. It's not cheating if everyone knows it's just a joke or for fun. There are no intentions behind it at all. And Joe knows that I do that with some of my guy friends. Brianna is just a moron! Trying to make me feel like I did something wrong to make herself feel better.
Personally I think there are a number of reasons men and women flirt. I have reached an age(old) where for me more than anything it has to do with still feeling desiarble, and that also can be said for younger people as well I would guess. There is the girl at the bar who bats the eyelashes to drink free all night(manipulative). The guy that flirts up to the point that something could happen,probally back to my reason. Innocent flirting I guess but there really is some reason behind it and it usually isn't to be taken too seriously unless you're actually on the prowl. Everyone wants to feel wanted :D
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It's not a matter of security with my husband. Most of my guy friends that I flirt with I have known since we were kids. It's just the relationship we have. He has known that since he met me and has made no effort to change it because he knows its harmless. If I had wanted to do anything with any of them, I had ample opportunity. But I never did. And since he has cheated on me, numerous times, he really has no right to say anything about what I do. He should just consider himself lucky that A. I am not the cheating kind, and B. I haven't left him long before now.