IS ONLINE CHATTING CONSIDERED CHEATING?
By steph77
@steph77 (41)
United States
21 responses
@silvatungfox (336)
• United States
29 Oct 06
There is a difference between "chatting" and chatting someone up (Brit slang for flirting) If you are chatting you are having conversations with others, if you are flirting then I would say you need to examine your relationship and see what needs fixing.
Perhaps you or your partner are not clear on what each of you expects in the relationship. Defining these things really is up to the individuals involved, but if I was in a committed relationship, and my partner felt the need to flirt online, then I would think I had erred in the union.
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@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
29 Oct 06
I would say that you would be wrong to blame yourself, necessarily, Silvafox! It takes two to make a relationship and it is not NECESSARILY the injured person's fault if the other strays!
@Sir_bobby88 (8231)
• Singapore
29 Oct 06
No , Because you can chat a lot of things not only love or chatting to girls lol .
@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
29 Oct 06
No, chatting is not cheating, any more than talking to any other friends is cheating. It depends very much, though, what the chatting is about. If it is something one would rather hide from your partner or not have him/her know about, then it is cheating. I am not talking, of course, about partners who are unnaturally suspicious or jealous of every friendship. There are plenty of those about and that's quite a different matter!
@littletoad (317)
• Canada
29 Oct 06
To me, there is no difference between a physical affair and a mental affair, so yes, it is cheating.
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@countryrush (105)
• United States
29 Oct 06
Yes it is. I would be deeply offended if my husband was on the computer talking to girls he doesn't even know. Now if its just friends that he is talking to, and I know them, thats a whole different story. The internet is responsible for most divorces in America nowadays
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@abhishek_money (40)
• India
29 Oct 06
virtual interaction always appears to b false and nothing to trust...
online chatting is ofcourse a cheating, using it for flirting and relaxation in front of computer
@hush5605 (674)
• United States
29 Oct 06
Online chatting is cheating if the intent is to flirt, establish a relationship as though you are married, etc. There is no way that I would tolerate my spouse flirting with anyone online, and I wouldn't do it either. I married my spouse...I have no need for an online fling!
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@jaypee2k6 (302)
• Philippines
29 Oct 06
For me if your just chatting or just having a past time by chatting its not a big deal. But if you go over like chatting more personally or intimately to the point of meeting then that would be considered cheating already not chatting :)
@hellenistic (16)
• Australia
25 Nov 06
I believe its okay as long as it remains chating, As soon as it becomes personal then It will become a problem.
@shadowauror (1515)
• India
25 Nov 06
Online chatting considered cheating By WHo ???? please clarify your question!