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Feb 23, 2011 9:20 PM
FatHobbit;688809 wrote:...? (I would not call lying to someone about where you're going 'cheating' even though it is deceptive and I think wrong.)

You would not call it cheating...I would. We are different people. Isn't that O.K.?

Did you have any belief that someone would think your scenario was cheating? If not why did you ask?
Feb 23, 2011 9:20pm
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Feb 23, 2011 9:23 PM
se-alum;689290 wrote:W..., and I guarantee that there isn't one guy who has responded to this thread that hasn't(while married) looked at another woman and wondered "what if".
I don't think anyone has claimed they have not done such...some, however, think that's cheating if you have vowed to share only such desire with one person.

Everyone covets. Some simply accept it as wrong and don't seek it out.
Feb 23, 2011 9:23pm
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Feb 23, 2011 9:24 PM
Little Danny;689218 wrote:Based on your definition, even if you were not watching porn but just happen to masterbate to get your rocks off you would be cheating. Do you consider self stimulation cheating?

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If you have agreed to only share such intimacy with your spouse it would be cheating. If you have not made such a vow it would not be cheating...in my opinion of course.
Feb 23, 2011 9:24pm
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Feb 23, 2011 9:26 PM
Con_Alma;689376 wrote:I don't think anyone has claimed they have not done such...some, however, think that's cheating if you have vowed to share only such desire with one person.

Everyone covets. Some simply accept it as wrong and don't seek it out.

Or address it as wrong even when they do seek it out.
Feb 23, 2011 9:26pm
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Feb 23, 2011 9:31 PM
FatHobbit;688811 wrote:I'm afraid to click on the hamster link, even if i wasn't at work.

Don't be.
Feb 23, 2011 9:31pm
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Feb 23, 2011 11:26 PM
Con_Alma;689372 wrote:You would not call it cheating...I would. We are different people. Isn't that O.K.?
Absolutely it's ok. I'm just trying to understand.
Con_Alma;689372 wrote:Did you have any belief that someone would think your scenario was cheating? If not why did you ask?

The wife in the article thought it was her fault "he strayed." I wouldn't even call it straying so I was curious to see if anyone else would.
Feb 23, 2011 11:26pm
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1th

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Feb 23, 2011 11:32 PM
if porn and chokin the chicken is cheating then im destine to be a polygamist
Feb 23, 2011 11:32pm
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Feb 23, 2011 11:41 PM
FatHobbit;689548 wrote:Absolutely it's ok. I'm just trying to understand.



The wife in the article thought it was her fault "he strayed." I wouldn't even call it straying so I was curious to see if anyone else would.

I've pulled up the Episcopalian prayer book, based on this:

[name], will you have this woman to be your wife; to live together in the covenant of marriage? Will you love her, comfort her, honor and keep her, in sickness and in health; and, forsaking all others, be faithful to her as long as you both shall live?

In the Name of God, I, [name], take you, [wife name], to be my wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, until we are parted by death. This is my solemn vow.

Porn isn't cheating. The closest is the "forsaking all others" part, but that should be limited to literally others.

I'm more offended by the richer/poorer portion, rather than porn.
Feb 23, 2011 11:41pm
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Feb 24, 2011 12:31 AM
1th;689554 wrote:if porn and chokin the chicken is cheating then im destine to be a polygamist

If you are only 13 and you jerk off, does that make you a pedophile?
Feb 24, 2011 12:31am
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1th

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Feb 24, 2011 12:34 AM
Little Danny;689614 wrote:If you are only 13 and you jerk off, does that make you a pedophile?

no but only cuz then nobody would be over the age of consent lol
Feb 24, 2011 12:34am
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Feb 24, 2011 12:58 AM
This thread intrigued me to the point of asking my girlfriend if she'd be upset or consider it cheating if I watched porn; she said not at all. So excuse me while I surf the web for some porn.
Feb 24, 2011 12:58am
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Feb 24, 2011 1:16 AM
password;689371 wrote:How about watching some homemade porn that you have of an ex girlfriend that you filmed together before you became involved with your current partner, would that be cheating or just fucked up if your current partner caught you?

Umm, I actually have no idea about that one lol. I'd say that's fucked up.
Feb 24, 2011 1:16am
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Feb 24, 2011 1:37 AM
Essentially, if you want to know if something is cheating, put it through this test:

If your significant other would be hurt and made to feel insecure about it, then it's cheating. If not, it's not.

If you're unsure, hell, why not ask?
Feb 24, 2011 1:37am
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Feb 24, 2011 1:41 AM
O-Trap;689648 wrote: If you're unsure, hell, why not ask?

I don't know if she'd consider it cheating or not...but the fact that my wife cried the one time we started to watch porn together means I'm taking the "don't ask, don't tell" approach and just doin' my thing on my own when I'm gone.
Feb 24, 2011 1:41am
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Feb 24, 2011 1:47 AM
enigmaax;689650 wrote:I don't know if she'd consider it cheating or not...but the fact that my wife cried the one time we started to watch porn together means I'm taking the "don't ask, don't tell" approach and just doin' my thing on my own when I'm gone.

If she walked in on you, would she be devastated? Do you think it'd make her feel insecure about the sexual relationship between you two? Would she be doubting her ability to be "enough" for you?

If so, do you find that risk acceptable?

If not, what do you think she would think instead?
Feb 24, 2011 1:47am
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Feb 24, 2011 8:32 AM
My wife has caught me yanking it to porn before. Twice actually. Both times she just laughed, shook her head, went upstairs and told me to "hurry up."

Needless to say I couldn't finish.
Feb 24, 2011 8:32am
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Feb 24, 2011 8:32 AM
SnotBubbles;689745 wrote:Needless to say I couldn't finish.

Lol
Feb 24, 2011 8:32am
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Feb 24, 2011 9:03 AM
O-Trap;689648 wrote:Essentially, if you want to know if something is cheating, put it through this test:

If your significant other would be hurt and made to feel insecure about it, then it's cheating. If not, it's not.

If you're unsure, hell, why not ask?

So if your SO isn't hurt or insecure about you banging other women, its not cheating?
Feb 24, 2011 9:03am
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Feb 24, 2011 9:06 AM
...I love the OC. a thread starts about " Porn and Cheating" and it's already on page 4....lol
Feb 24, 2011 9:06am
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Con_Alma

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Feb 24, 2011 9:24 AM
Skyhook79;689782 wrote:So if your SO isn't hurt or insecure about you banging other women, its not cheating?

not if you had no such agreement that you would keep such thoughts and desires to be shared with only her...in my opinion.
Feb 24, 2011 9:24am
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Feb 24, 2011 11:21 AM
Con_Alma;689810 wrote:not if you had no such agreement that you would keep such thoughts and desires to be shared with only her...in my opinion.

This.

Not saying I think that it's acceptable behavior, but it's not "cheating."
Feb 24, 2011 11:21am
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Feb 24, 2011 12:15 PM
O-Trap;689652 wrote:If she walked in on you, would she be devastated? Do you think it'd make her feel insecure about the sexual relationship between you two? Would she be doubting her ability to be "enough" for you?

If so, do you find that risk acceptable?

If not, what do you think she would think instead?
Well, there are many more layers that would make my answers about more than just porn. I don't think she'd necessarily enjoy "catching" me, though she knows I do it - we don't talk about that specifically very much. She's never asked me to "not" do it.

I travel for a living and prior to dating/marrying her I lived a wild single lifestyle and also had a crazy first marriage sexually (by the current wife's standards). It was a major change for me to be in a "real" relationship for the first time in many years. She knows I don't cheat and I know threesomes are a thing of the past, so maybe she accepted porn (and dress up) as necessary evils to maintain a balance in that area.
Feb 24, 2011 12:15pm