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🗓️ 12 February 2021
⏱️ 53 minutes
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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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