Here’s a helpful tip: If you’re “taken,” and you’re SECRETLY doing something behind your partner’s back, other than a SURPRISE for them . . . then yes, it’s probably cheating.
A new relationships survey has a ranking of 10 acts that SHOULD count as cheating, at least according to most people. Here’s the rundown:
1. Keeping an ongoing, flirtatious text conversation with someone . . . 41% of people agree that’s cheating.
2. Talking with one person late into the night while hiding it from your partner . . . 40%.
3. Maintaining a dating app profile “just to look” or for validation . . . 37%.
4. Keeping someone in your phone under a fake name . . . 37%.
5. Deleting messages so your partner won’t see them . . . 36%.
6. Keeping in touch with an ex without telling your partner . . . 36%.
7. Secretly meeting someone one-on-one . . . 36%.
8. Having a secret friendship your partner doesn’t know about . . . 34%.
9. “Fantasy messaging,” like saying stuff like, “What if we were single?” with someone . . . 33%.
10. Sending heart emojis, compliments, or inside jokes to someone in a romantic way . . . 33%.
Overall, 15% of Americans who are married or in a relationship admit they do have romantic feelings for someone who isn’t their partner.
That’s more common among Gen Z’ers (31%) and Millennials (21%) than older adults . . . and more men admit to it (19%) than women (12%).