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Psychology In Seattle Podcast

Cheating, Relationships, and Culture

Psychology In Seattle Podcast

Kirk Honda

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Dr. Kirk and Humberto answer patron emails and talk about their ethnicities.

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0:00.0

So, Brito, I have a bunch of emails from patrons that I thought we would read and we would answer their questions.

0:04.7

What do you say, Brito? Sounds like a fabulous idea.

0:07.3

This is the Psychology and Seattle podcast and we host Dr. Kirkana. I'm a therapist and a professor.

0:12.0

Who are you, Brito? My name is Umberto Kastagnia and I'm an astroturf landscaping technician.

0:17.6

So, anonymous patron she writes, while I was in a committed relationship,

0:21.6

so see us questions about a question about cheating. While I was in a committed relationship,

0:26.8

I began talking to another man online. I noticed that I was looking forward to his messages.

0:33.2

After about a month, I began to drop hints in our conversations that I was attracted to him

0:38.0

and I broke up with my boyfriend soon after that and I started a relationship with that online guy.

0:44.0

Is what I did considered cheating? I have a history of cheating on boyfriends and past relationships.

0:50.7

I feel like I did the right thing this time around and I don't want to be seen as someone who

0:56.0

cheats is what I did considered cheating. Brito, what do you think?

1:00.8

The timing is, so she was in a relationship and she was flirting with a guy online.

1:05.7

Yeah, but then she still ended the relationship before.

1:09.6

Okay, so the question is, is the flirting count as the cheating?

1:12.8

Online flirting that, well, with someone consistently over time. She was just flirting with a bunch

1:20.0

of people. She was flirting with one particular guy. I still feel like this is the right way to do it.

1:26.7

So look, you are sometimes going to find someone new and like you kind of can't have one without

1:35.3

the other. In other words, imagine you go to the party and you meet someone. You have a good

1:41.2

conversation. It's a little flirty. Do you in that moment go, oh god, I've cheated. I'm ending my

1:46.3

really honey. We have to end our relationship. I cheated. Of course not. But then where does that

1:51.7

line drop? Well, then you say, well, I'll never talk to this person again. Maybe, but what if you're

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