Is it really cheating if its only on the internet?

Question

This is just something that i think about not something I do.

Answer 1

the way i see it if your doing something on the internet that involves another person, and you feel you need to hide it from your spouse then you are cheating

Answer 2

Well, let's see.....

If you wouldn't like it done to you, then I would say yes, it's cheating.

If you're ever unsure about a thing, you can probably bet you shouldn't do it. Or at least, you'd likely be better off if you left well-enough alone.

If you're not happy in your present relationship, do something about it. Cheating, in whatever form, is NEVER an answer. It'll only make things worse. Either learn to live with what you have, try to change what you have, or move on to something else.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

I would have to say yes... because you are emontionally cheating. You are messing with another person's emotions that they think your serious about them and your only viewing this as an "internet fling." I've had a situation where my wife spoke and e-mailed someone for several weeks. I found out about it before it reached the sexual part but the fact that she told some guy she barely knew all our intimate details really hurt me bad. She would feel more comfortable talking to someone she met 2 weeks ago about our personal life than talk to me. I'm sure catching your spouse in bed with someone would hurt worse but this can hurt bad as well.

Answer 4

We can all justify our actions one way or another. Your firm answer comes from the one that it may affect the most. Talk to your wife or GF about this....see how they feel....if they tell you that they would rather you not involve yourself in these activities.....then the answer would be clear. A fantasy involving lustful thoughts and wishful intentions although to you are innocent and "fun" ~ become very real and hurtful to another..... It is a sponge that will keep sucking you in and get worse and worse until ultimately there simply is no longer a question. If you participate in any activity that is questionable in character (what one does when alone) then lies begin and then lies to cover lies..... the hurt and damage is can often time be irreversible.....think about it considering others rather than being selfish thinking of yourself....

Answer 5

If you are spending emotional, romantic, or sexual energy on anyone who is not your partner then yes, I'd consider it cheating. Even online it can have ill consequences on a relationship.

I think it is something couples really should discuss and agree apon, because I do know some people really don't have a problem with it.

Answer 6

there are specific boundaries that you share with your partner, being wiht that person of course doesnt not say that you are not allowed to be with someone else whether it be over the internet or in person, it just the golden unwritten rule that you shouldnt and when you start to put urself out there into someone elses emotions, when you break that boundary of making someone else into the same category of your partner thats considered cheating because you are experiencing the same emotions you would with your partner you are with this person who you do not even know, i feel if your doing something that attatches you emotionally or mentally or physically internet or not, it is cheating

Answer 7

Yes it is, especially when they start creating email address like [e-mail] and contacting each other via that way, and seeing each other via webcam...

Even though its the internet, it is just another form of communcation for them just like a telephone, the intention is there... I have been hurt by this because I found an email from one (of probably many) of my bf's (ex now) internet gf's...

Answer 8

Yes. Cheating starts in the mind. Would you be happy if your partner was doing the exact same thing?

Answer 9

Yes. Anytime a person steps outside of his/her relationship to even discuss in detail sexual acts with another person is cheating. Ask yourself, would you like it if your wife was online talking to a guy while he's fantasizing about her and wanking himself and she's getting herself off thinking about what he could be doing to her? No, not to many men would. Neither would many women.

Answer 10

Yes don't do it!!!! Don't even think about doing it. I will be a big mistake. And it will hurt your marriage even if it is over the Internet! Trust me I know from experience!!