Hi friends. Is it fucked up to flirt with someone with no intention of taking it further? I’m in a long-term monogamous relationship. Sometimes I crave a little validation from strangers. I’m not going to cheat on my partner, but I do have a need to feel desirable to others. I don’t feel like a bit of flirting is a betrayal of my relationship, but I’m less confident about how other people feel. Like, I don’t want to waste someone else’s time, but I guess maybe I am leading people on a bit if I chat with them without mentioning my partner.
You are seriously pathologizing somebody for the heinous act of not mentioning their partner when they chat with strangers. What do you expect out of random online interactions like that? Seriously, how desperate are some of you losers? We’re not talking about catfishing somebody and then standing them up after they’ve driven halfway across the continental US, we’re talking about some flirty chats. You make that out to be something that needs psychiatric treatment. And then you tell me my interpretation is uncharitable, you fucking hypocrite.