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Eating is cheating; a string of words I’ve often excitedly shouted to my mates on a drunken night out as we stagger down the street in search of a kebab and cheesy chips after one too many jager bombs. In this case I’m not talking about chowing down on some greasy 3am food but rather someone else’s genitals – because that’s what I class as cheating in 2018!
Back in the day when I was a teenager you were boyfriend and girlfriend literally the second you started talking. Love was innocently lovely; holding hands, cuddling, sending soppy messages to each other and planning a bright and happy future together – a far cry from the secret, two-timing lust-driven disposable relationships of today as love tragically took a back seat last decade and simply forgot to ever come back again.
Whilst cheating can be classed as anything from playfully flirting with somebody other than your partner other to sexual talk, sending secret messages, denying you have a partner, spending time with, sharing a bed or buying gifts for anyone who isn’t your Mrs or Mr. No doubt what I saw as cheating in my teens I’d be more accepting of nowadays because of the effect of social media. The world is so connected now with profiles and dating apps that you can literally meet, get to know and plan everything you need to do to leave your partner from the comfort of your phone whilst they sleep innocently beside you. Flirting, sexting, nipping out for evening ‘snacks’ and coming back an hour later – can we ever truly trust our partners when cheating is more rife and accessible than ever?
I think my view on cheating is pretty liberal really. When dating I’m always faithful, I always put in 100% and nothing and nobody in the world could make me stray; If I’m not happy in a relationship then I call time and move on rather than playing away and breaking hearts because I’m a firm believer in karma. Likewise it’s unhealthy to constantly distrust, argue, check up on and be jealous of your partner and is a surefire way to ruin even the strongest of relationships. I think defining cheating, accepting, ending or moving on from it within a relationship is therefore down to individual circumstances; how long you’ve been together, who else was involved, what happened, how long it’s been going on for and to what extent and if it’s likely to reoccur. It also depends on whether or not you’re in love with your partner, if you think you have a future together or if there are children involved. So many factors can make you put up with sudden shocking circumstances that you wouldn’t usually find acceptable and wouldn’t want to see your bestie go through.
I’m not against flirting because banter and compliments have become a part of modern chat but I make a point of stating that I’m in a relationship if friendly conversation starts to go off track. I see it as a compliment for my partner to receive attention for being attractive and it’s a good trait to have to be able to compliment others in a world that is so critical. Hypothetically if I found flirty texts on my boyfriends phone I wouldn’t cry my eyes out and throw his clothes in the street in a dramatic breakup but I’d question how he knew the girl involved and if there was anything more to it.
If I found he’d sent a picture of his genitals to a girl or shared a kiss with somebody else it would lead to some pretty heated discussion for sure but I don’t find it as severe as having sex with somebody else. Oral and intercourse are my limits for what I deem as relationship killers as that’s not something I think I could ever forgive somebody for. In an ideal world everyone should remain faithful, love, cherish and respect the partner they have chosen to be with but as times change so does our attitude towards acceptable behaviour and we’re all more notably open-minded and outrageous with our actions nowadays compared to our parents and grandparents generations.
If my boyfriend is reading this then this isn’t me giving you permission to go and be a dirty dog by the way, if I catch you eating out at 3am I’ll cut your d**k off and feed it to you raw!
