Flirting

Flirting / Married Life / 7:32 PM - Tuesday May 13, 2008

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A Sweet Sarah (Female, Los Angeles, 22-25, Home Maker) asked:

I have my own opinion on this but would like to know...Do you concider flirting cheating???

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A Thinker (Female, Who Cares?, Other Profession) answered:

Screenname: ladywisteria

No I do not

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A Thinker (Female, Philadelphia, Who Cares?, Body Work) answered:

Screenname: myndseye711

No.

It's wrong and disrespectful, but to me, cheating is being physically or emotionally intimate with someone other than your s/o.

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A Father Figure (Male, Boston, 46-55, Artist / Musician / Writer) answered:

Screenname: regnadkcin

Hell no. Not in the least. I don't even think it's all of the other bad things that people have said: not disrespectful, mean, dismissive or rude.

That is, it's not bad when it's done properly. I would never flirt in a way that humiliated or dissed my partner, and I would never flirt for long in a way that made her wonder about her status with me. She means the world to me.

And people think that she flirts just because she's friendly and bright and smiles at everyone. She can do no wrong in my eyes.

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A Creative (Male, Seattle, 56-65, Who Cares?) answered:

Screenname: stoney07

Depends on the degree of flirt. Sorry, that's not a copout. I think flirtiting is healthy, good for you and good for the person getting the flirt. When one or the other starts to get carried away, tempted to carry it farther, that's too far.

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A Thinker (Female, 46-55) answered:

Screenname: jenny12

Flirting isn't cheating. It can, however, lead to cheating.

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A Married Girl (Female, 29-35, Administrative) answered:

Screenname: divatoonami

I am sure a lot of people flirt to some extent. It depends what kind of flirting too...if you have ill intent or actual "cheating" intentions...then to me..that is cheating.
I am friendly...some people can mistake that for flirtiness..heck....peo ple consider a simple smile flirting!

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A Guy Critical (Male, Dallas, 36-45, Other Profession) answered:

Screenname: tleeb

i don't think it is as long you don't get emotional attached to anyone your flirting with.

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An Intellectual Guy (Male, 22-25, Artist / Musician / Writer) answered:

Screenname: dontknowitall34

flirting is cheating's ugly cousin

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A Thinker (Female, Los Angeles, 36-45, Therapist) answered:

Screenname: atherapist

I think anything you can't be open with your partner about counts as cheating, in other words if you don't think your partner would like it and you hide it from them obviously you are violating some aspect of the relationship.

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A Rebel (Male, Los Angeles, 26-28, Managerial) answered:

Screenname: j3s5e

nope not at all!

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A Guy Critical (Male, 46-55) answered:

Screenname: ez4me

not cheating, but definitely disrespectful

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An Intellectual Guy (Male, 36-45, Self-Employed) answered:

Screenname: cd92835

Well ...

First off, you have to be married for anything to be "cheating."

Second, Flirting is "attention without intention." If you don't intend anything, it's just fun conversation. But since only you know what you intend, only you know whether you'd be "cheating" ...

Hope you don't have a guilty conscience. ;-)

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A Father Figure (Male, 46-55, Retired) answered:

Screenname: dambreaker

Flirting is a form of getting attention from someone else, it must be missing at home, or a person would not be looking for it outside the home. The same as for sex it not fulfilled at home a man will look elsewhere.

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A Father Figure (Male, Houston, 36-45, Managerial) answered:

Screenname: puentes777

IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU CONSIDER FLIRTING. IF YOU DO IT BY TOUCHING, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY SO. NOW DO UNDERSTAND, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN WANT TO FEEL LIKE THEY ARE STILL ATTRACTIVE AND MAYBE, THIER PARTNER DOES'NT DO THAT AS MUCH AS THEY DID WHEN THEY FIRST MET. THAT COULD ALSO BE BECAUSE THIER PARTNER DOES'NT DRESS OR FIX THEMSELVES UP LIKE THEY USED TO SO THE FLIRTYNESS IS'NT THERE ANYMORE. AS YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LOVE TO BE NOTICED. AS PEOPLE GET OLDER, THEY LOOSE THE FIRE. YOU HAVE TO STAY YOUNG AT HEART TO BE HAPPY WITH THE YEARS TO COME WITH MARRIAGE. I HOPE I WAS HELPFUL IN SOME WAY. TAKE CARE AND GOOD LUCK.

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A Guy Critical (Male, Denver, 46-55, Science / Engineering) answered:

Screenname: cosmicdog0

Flirting is just flirting and not to be confused with trying to pickup or hit on someone. I don't consider flirting cheating. However, trying to pickup someone is.

Flirting is just fun social banter and as long as it does not progress any farther, is okay.

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A Life of the Party (Female, 18-21, Who Cares?) answered:

Screenname: surovcak

Not cheating but if I caught him I'd be pretty ticked off...Now whats your opinion?

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A Life of the Party (Female, Kansas City, 29-35, Other Profession) answered:

Screenname: lk2mvit

It is not full on cheating, but flirting can give someone the wrong impression which may get you in a situation you may have not intended to get in. There is nothing wrong with being friendly, but flirting in my opinion is not a good thing when you are in a relationship.

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