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Reply 40
tell him to go away! Clearly you are too good for him. That sounds flattering, but any bloke who does immature things like that doesnt deserve a girl whom he has already maltreaded.
Reply 41
remus
Forgiveness is possible for anything as long as there is true repentence. Sorry to sound christian (since i am not), but it seems the only reasonable approach.

How can you REPENT for having feelings for someone else? The feelings in themselves are not the crime, but continuing with your partner perhaps is.
Reply 42
If they truly would not want to do it again then that is repentance
Reply 43
In my opinion kissing and beyond is cheating.

It's not particularly nice if your other half is flirting with other people, but it is harmless. It's only when it goes beyond flirting that bad things happen.

My ex-g/f is really bubbley, bouncy etc, with a lot of male friends, most of whom would shag her silly given half a chance. What she sees as just messing around/having fun, being mates, is seen as flirting by other people. They were flirting with her, but she wasn't intentionally flirting back. It would be a bit harsh to say that constitutes cheating.

Looking is natural. Wanting to do something is bad news. Doing something is cheating.
Reply 44
Zurich

Looking is natural. Wanting to do something is bad news. Doing something is cheating.

Well put! :congrats:
Reply 45
if it would hurt me to see him doing it, i won't do it. maybe mild flirting just complimenting somebody and turning on the charm, but i certainly wouldn't want to see anyone except his good friends sitting on his lap or anything. and kissing is definitely out!

i also figure that if i wouldn't do it in front of him, i don't do it all.
Reply 46
kokopops
i dont see the problem with flirting with someone ... its a natural thing for people to do with other people they find attractive! kissing, that i find a problem and anything more ... BEHEADING! lol ... seriously though, kissing is forgiveable(sp?) coz it could be alcofrol or mixed up emotions, mistaking friends for something more! er...but 2nd, 3rd and 4th bases are not forgiveable ... for me anyway ...
lou p lou ... i agree ... if a boyfriend/girlfriend can't let their other half go out with a friend then theres a prob! ... called being too controlling! a guy and girl can be friends too and theres not always some ulterior motive!


i still don't think alcohol is a valid excuse for kissing someone. if you're that drunk you forget you have a partner, that's a problem in itself.
openly fancying someone else means they are only with you until they can dump you to be with the other person. even if the other person doesnt like them/is gay/taken you would know you are still coming second best.

therefore flirting with intent is cheating, as are the other options.

in the absence of the 'mens rea', the guilty mind which would facilitate such a crime, i for one would certainly not be entirely convinced by the eveidence of the crime
Reply 48
No way you can fancy more than one person at the same time it doesn't mean you are looking to dump who you are with.
viviki
No way you can fancy more than one person at the same time it doesn't mean you are looking to dump who you are with.

how? fancying someone is different to looking at someone and thinking they are attractive or a good frind. fancying someone means you wana be with them.

anyhow. i broke up with my ex cos he openly fancied his best mates gf for a year. his slavering and drooling over someone cheaply dressed obese with too much fake tan, pancake makeup and dyed red hair was sadly too much for me. :mad:
the easiest definition is doing something with someone that you wouldn't want your partner to see.
Reply 51
No fancying someone doesn't mean that at all.
I fancy Brad Pitt but it isn't going to happen is it?
Even if by some miracle he found me amazingly attractive and came onto me, I wouldn't be able to resist flirting alot but it doesn't mean that I'd dump whoever I was with for him if I was in a loving long term relationship.
viviki
No fancying someone doesn't mean that at all.
I fancy Brad Pitt but it isn't going to happen is it?
Even if by some miracle he found me amazingly attractive and came onto me, I wouldn't be able to resist flirting alot but it doesn't mean that I'd dump whoever I was with for him if I was in a loving long term relationship.


no you must find brad attractive looking. fo you to fancy him you'd have to know him and like him. hence the difference
Reply 53
magiccarpet
how? fancying someone is different to looking at someone and thinking they are attractive or a good frind. fancying someone means you wana be with them.

anyhow. i broke up with my ex cos he openly fancied his best mates gf for a year. his slavering and drooling over someone cheaply dressed obese with too much fake tan, pancake makeup and dyed red hair was sadly too much for me. :mad:


do i detect a hint of bitterness?

and i agree with viviki - fancying someone doesn't mean you want to be with them! i define fancying as being completely on looks. the relationship, or potential relationship, you have with other people are more about personality.
Reply 54
magiccarpet
no you must find brad attractive looking. fo you to fancy him you'd have to know him and like him. hence the difference


Thats not my definition of fancy at all, or my friends. You can fancy someone you don't know, or just someone you see in a club first you don't have to know them first.
Reply 55
WHy do more people in this poll regard kissing as cheating than going all the way thats what I'd like to know.
no i cannot forgive kissing unless it happened when we were 'seeing' each other as opposed to going out together
viviki
WHy do more people in this poll regard kissing as cheating than going all the way thats what I'd like to know.


no alot of people didnt know you could select more than one option. kissing AND/OR MORE is cheating
Reply 58
allisandro
i still don't think alcohol is a valid excuse for kissing someone. if you're that drunk you forget you have a partner, that's a problem in itself.

i dont think it is either ... believe me i was eating myself up for a few days when this happened and could barely even talk to him, even though we were quite good mates, now its started getting better ... we talk and he's apologised for what happened, turns out he was confused about him and his gf and so ... im not justifying it coz i think of kissing as cheating ... i dnno what am saying to be honest ... jst that there can be reasons why people cheat ...
can i say, my bf didnt speak to me for 2 weeks after i started crying when teling him bout my ex.

i didnt cheat. do you think he's justified?