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Would you consider this cheating?

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Re: Would you consider this cheating?

  • wow... I didn't think this happened to anyone else! apparently my ex was getting these basically every time I went out of town. I guess it's cheating but it was a small factor in the reasons for our divorce... there were many other issues. It's kind of odd but I felt the same way as you... I wasn't as upset about it and didn't consider it "cheating" either and even today I should probably be more angry about it than I am...
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    wow... I didn't think this happened to anyone else! apparently my ex was getting these basically every time I went out of town. I guess it's cheating but it was a small factor in the reasons for our divorce... there were many other issues. It's kind of odd but I felt the same way as you... I wasn't as upset about it and didn't consider it "cheating" either and even today I should probably be more angry about it than I am...

    I didn't see it as cheating at first either but now I'm pissed. The anger and hurt has started to surface. At the time it was the least of our issues in the marriage but now I want to scream over it.  WTF, seriously?!?!  Of course it's cheating, why TF didn't I see this?!  Good thing I started therapy this week ;) 

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    imageRedVelvet29:
    wow... I didn't think this happened to anyone else! apparently my ex was getting these basically every time I went out of town. I guess it's cheating but it was a small factor in the reasons for our divorce... there were many other issues. It's kind of odd but I felt the same way as you... I wasn't as upset about it and didn't consider it "cheating" either and even today I should probably be more angry about it than I am...

    I didn't see it as cheating at first either but now I'm pissed. The anger and hurt has started to surface. At the time it was the least of our issues in the marriage but now I want to scream over it.  WTF, seriously?!?!  Of course it's cheating, why TF didn't I see this?!  Good thing I started therapy this week ;) 

    Oh I know... This news came out for me when he had already kicked me out of our home and I was in the process of losing a baby... seemed minor at the time..I had much more to worry about.  I guess it was the body and mind's way of dealing with such a stressful situation. Maybe I have PTSD also ... It was incredibly scary and stressful and I lost my marriage, husband, home and baby in like 3 weeks? I have been apart from my ex for over 1.5 years though so I just can't get the energy together to get angry about it. I think a year ago it would have made me very hurt and angry but now I am just done being upset about it. Time has helped me

  • Yes, cheating, also it is soliciting and paying for sexual favors, so it's prostitution.
  • Yes, it's cheating. And you should get tested for various stds; those girls (and guys) have lots and lots of customers.
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  • Are you stupid? How is this even a question?
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    You know I think maybe I just have kind of weird views on it but I have to think about that one. I think emotional cheating is worse than something solely physical, and I dunno, getting a handy from some massage parlor lady is kinda creepy lol but I don't know if I'd really consider it cheating.

    Trust me. When it happens to you it's just as devastating.  

    and I'm sure some people think finding out their husbands watch porn is devastating as well. I would not. I respect that is how you feel about it, but I don't think everyone feels the same.

     I say this because I'm truly curious, but to clarify, your significant other paying for sexual favors would be acceptable in your relationships?

    Hell with this logic I'm having an emotional affair with my hair stylist but a visit to a massage parlour is not cheating exactly. SMRT.

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  • FWIW, I had a friend who was in the armed services (he had been an officer - but was out going back to school).  He said a lot of the enlisted men believed that "It's not cheating if you are no longer in the US," and "It's not cheating if you pay for it!!!"

    Yes, I would consider that cheating.   It's basically prostitution. 

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    FWIW, I had a friend who was in the armed services (he had been an officer - but was out going back to school).  He said a lot of the enlisted men believed that "It's not cheating if you are no longer in the US," and "It's not cheating if you pay for it!!!"

    Yes, I would consider that cheating.   It's basically prostitution. 

    No basically about it. It is prostitution.

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  • Thank you so much for posting this!!!! I recently found out that my husband had done the same thing and I haven't been able to shake the feeling that I would be judged for calling this cheating.  I know I shouldn't need the validation but I am terrified of leaving him and being called a prude or something. Hubby is emotionally abusive and has been for years. When I finally said I was leaving, he confessed a massive addiction to porn. (I know that can be a controversial topic here, but I'm guessing everyone would agree that when he chooses porn over me for weeks at a time, all the while letting me think it was something wrong with me, it's a problem.)  A month or so after he swore he confessed everything, I find out about the happy ending.  He's come clean about being a sex addict and is going to SA and all sorts of therapy, and is begging me to give him a chance. But I think I just needed to validation to feel that walking away (should I so choose) is a valid option. Thanks!!!
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