# Are Internet Relationships 'Cheating?'

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-internet-relationships-cheating/16714>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [July 4, 1999, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-internet-relationships-cheating/16714 "1999-07-04T15:56:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 1999, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-internet-relationships-cheating/16714/41 "1999-09-10T07:30:00Z")

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> If you wouldn’t tell your wife (or significant other) every detail then it is cheating…

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I disagree. Let’s say that I sleep with another woman then tell my wife every detail. It is still cheating whether or not I would tell her or not.

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**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 1999, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-internet-relationships-cheating/16714/42 "1999-09-11T00:47:00Z")

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Cyber rules are the same as in person-to-person relationships. “Innocent” flirting is okay. And we all know when we’re getting close to crossing the line, don’t we? (Hint: In Clinton’s case, it would have been when Monica showed him her underwear.)

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**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 1999, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-internet-relationships-cheating/16714/43 "1999-09-11T03:53:00Z")

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if you are doing _anything_ (online or off) that you wouldnt want your S.O. to see…maybe you need to re-evaluate your behavior…

My aunt’s husband of 10-12 years (3 kids) recently split for some slut he met on the net…  
\ ***dont flame me…anyone who picks up a married man,esp w/ kids, is a slut - I would be no less disgusted if they had met in person.**

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 1999, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-internet-relationships-cheating/16714/44 "1999-09-11T14:07:00Z")

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Sorry Falcon, it looks like the guy just flew 6,000 miles to meet my friend who he met on the net & is here.

Sorry thing about it is that he has just left his wife & son of 18 years & is not engaged to my friend [woman]. Still legally married to his wife. Have no idea if this has anything to do with him & his wife splitting. I bet it does. Left his job [well still has an income from it for now] equivalent to about $128,000 year US.

So moral of the story here folks, don’t trust your boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife when they say they just have a friend on the net–if your instincts tell you it may be more than that, chances it is…or sure was for me.

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