SC 91 - Is Flirting Cheating?

Relationship School Podcast

Jayson Gaddis

Relationships, Relationshippodcast, Sex, Relationshipadvice, Society & Culture, Jaysongaddispodcast, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.6 • 981 Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2017

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

I’ve been in my current relationship for 15 months. Right off the bat, we rushed into it both freshly out of our relationships. At 3 months he started ‘hardcore flirting’ in messages to facebook friends of his. He didn’t hide it, but I’m sure he didn’t expect me to see it. I found out because he disappearing act one evening and lied to me at first about where he was. A few days later, I was shocked, he was sexually flirting with others via messenger. I confronted him and he told me he loves me. “It was just talk, didn’t mean anything,” that his intentions were not to follow through on any of it, I had nothing to worry about. Besides this crap, he’s great. He’s good to me.

Do I get over my fear of him going too far at some point, losing him and just ignore the things he does privately, or do I/should I have ran the other direction as fast as I can?

Finding your ‘line’ with flirting [3:00]
What if my partner gets defensive when I ask them about it? [5:00]
Find your truth: what works for you, what doesn’t [7:00]
How to talk to your partner if you’re uncomfortable with their flirting [10:00]

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0:00.0	So, Hey and welcome to the Smart Couple Podcast and Show. Smart Couple Podcast, Smart Couple Show.
0:29.0	Good to be back here. This episode is a short one. It's our Monday night slash Wednesday morning one where
0:38.1	you ask me anything you want about relationship. You email me questions in ahead of time and I answer your questions and I just answer
0:48.7	one question on the Ask Me Anything episodes.
0:52.8	All right?
0:53.8	So it's a shorty for you for the week
0:56.0	and you may connect to it, you may not.
0:58.6	So let's do it.
0:59.8	Welcome.
1:02.1	It's Wednesday morning, 10 a.m. Mountain Time. You know what that means? That's right. It's the Smart Couple show.
1:10.0	And on this show I take your questions and I pick specifically one question from a listener.
1:16.5	I've got quite the backlog here and I, you know, answer it.
1:21.5	Do my best to take a stab at your situation given that I lack probably a huge
1:27.4	amount of context and backstory but I'm gonna do my best since people ask. So I really appreciate this opportunity to serve and
1:37.6	to be here with you and I this is a highlight for May of the week is just to answer questions because people have a lot of them right you know when you're jammed up in a relationship
1:50.7	it's makes sense that you want to know what to do and so take my advice
1:57.7	with a grain of salt right I see your situation through all my filters and I also
2:02.1	have a fair amount of experience with couples and
2:05.6	individuals this is my this is my world all right okay this question is from
2:12.1	penny Okay, this question is from Penny. Penny asks,
2:17.5	is flirting cheating?
2:20.8	Is flirting cheating? And then she says I've been in my current relationship for
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