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Old 01-22-2016, 07:45 AM
 
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So just curious how others that are married feel: if your spouse has "friendships" with opposite sex people, like Facebook messaging, e-mails, texts, phone calls, but has hidden them on inaccessible accounts and uses different names is that cheating. This person SWEARS "nothing physical happened" and now says they were "inappropriate contact" but denies anything further.

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Old 01-22-2016, 08:04 AM
 
Location: Chicago. Kind of.
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Yes, I consider it cheating. Cheating doesn't have to be physical, it can be emotional as well. The fact that the spouse admits that it was inappropriate contact (coupled with the fact that they hid it from you) indicates (to me) that they consider it cheating as well.
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Old 01-22-2016, 08:14 AM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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Yes, I consider it cheating. Cheating doesn't have to be physical, it can be emotional as well. The fact that the spouse admits that it was inappropriate contact (coupled with the fact that they hid it from you) indicates (to me) that they consider it cheating as well.
I agree.
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Old 01-22-2016, 08:27 AM
 
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It’s a breach of trust, which is indicative of an unhealthy relationship.
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Old 01-22-2016, 09:40 AM
 
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So just curious how others that are married feel: if your spouse has "friendships" with opposite sex people, like Facebook messaging, e-mails, texts, phone calls, but has hidden them on inaccessible accounts and uses different names is that cheating. This person SWEARS "nothing physical happened" and now says they were "inappropriate contact" but denies anything further.

Thoughts?
Emotional cheating, yes. Physical cheating, no. However, either is a breach of trust. The offending person would need to rebuild that trust over time.

Part of the rebuilding of trust would be full transparency and sharing of those inaccessible accounts. If, as part of this trust building process, it became apparent that there was physical cheating, that would be the final erosion of trust.
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Old 01-22-2016, 09:41 AM
 
Location: Brentwood, Tennessee
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It’s a breach of trust, which is indicative of an unhealthy relationship.
Yep.

"Physicial contact" isn't what makes it cheating.

Deception is what makes it cheating.
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Old 01-22-2016, 09:51 AM
 
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Yep.

"Physicial contact" isn't what makes it cheating.

Deception is what makes it cheating.
Bingo.
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Old 01-22-2016, 10:02 AM
 
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Wow, well, it sure sounds like it, particularly (as people have stated) the need to "hide" what s/he is doing. That in itself is what's telling, really.
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Old 01-22-2016, 10:08 AM
 
Location: Bloomington IN
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Yep.

"Physicial contact" isn't what makes it cheating.

Deception is what makes it cheating.
Perfectly sums it up!
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Old 01-22-2016, 10:13 AM
 
Location: Middle of the valley
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They went to a lot of effort to hide what they were doing....... that would be trying to cheat at the very least.
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