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Breakup Boost: Advice to Get Over Heartbreak

#395: Betrayal in Relationships Isn't a Sliding Scale: CHEATING IS CHEATING!

Breakup Boost: Advice to Get Over Heartbreak

Trina Leckie

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🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Sure, you can try to convince yourself (or someone else) it was just a "mistake," a "drunken slip," or "not really cheating," but for anyone with integrity... betrayal is betrayal. Period. If you've been downplaying what happened to you - or what you did - this episode is here to show you why you need to cut through the excuses and keep it real.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to Breakup Boost, honest and logical advice with the sprinkle of bluntness.

0:06.7

Trina keeps it real. She'll help you navigate the craziness of the modern dating world.

0:11.0

Stop obsessing over your ex and finally close the door on half-ass relationships.

0:15.4

This girl's got your back. Here's Trina.

0:19.7

Hi guys. So the topic of this episode is,

0:24.0

Betrayal isn't a sliding scale. Cheating is cheating. So what prompted this episode is I was

0:32.0

getting something done the other day, just a regular appointment. And the topic of

0:37.3

relationships came up in conversation.

0:39.6

And the way it unfolded, I was thinking, ding, ding, ding, this is a great topic for an

0:44.9

episode. So thank you for the material. Anyway, long story short, he tells me that his ex slept

0:52.4

with another guy before their breakup, his ex being a woman.

0:56.3

And after digging a little deeper, because I know there's always two sides to every story,

1:01.5

he was saying that he only flirted with women online, you know, dating apps or whatever,

1:06.8

as though it was some kind of moral upgrade. Like I mean totally downplaying it, talking nonchalantly, and not even giving it a second thought,

1:16.5

as though I would hand him a medal for best, almost faithful boyfriend,

1:21.8

just fully expecting me to co-side and crown his ex, the villain.

1:26.4

And I do want to say he's a nice enough guy and everything,

1:28.7

but I feel bad kind of talking about this, but kind of not. I'm not giving any other details,

1:34.0

so like, whatever. I'm just taking the meat of what the topic is and branching out from there. Okay.

1:39.5

So anyway, little did he know who he was talking to. Uh, listen, nobody wants to be with someone who's sleeping around.

1:46.6

I get it.

1:47.6

But flirting with other women online and being on dating apps?

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