He Said, She Said - What is cheating?
He Said - By Kyle Dill
Cheating is a very broad topic. There are the stereotypical activities that everyone views as cheating, but I have my own view of the word. If it causes your guy or girl to feel emotional grief, it’s cheating to me because you should put their feelings in mind if you really care about them.
Talking on the phone and texting is honestly a bad idea to do in a relationship. While it isn’t necessarily cheating, it leaves a potential opening for new feelings to form and former feelings to fade. If you really care about the person you’re with, you wouldn’t ever put your relationship in danger like that.
Flirting is just un-acceptable, especially if you and the person you’re with use “the L-word”. Flirting is showing interest and emotions towards another person, and if you’re content in the relationship you have there’s no reason to display emotions for any other person. It makes everyone jealous, and putting the person you care about through that is wrong and should be held as high on the pedastool as cheating.
If you have a friend of the opposite sex and you hug them, that’s okay. It’s okay for you to hug your mom, your brother, a teacher, or a best friend. You should be able to hug anyone you care about. It’s harmless contact to me. Anything elevated past a simple friendly hug is definitely cheating to me.
So in the end, cheating depends on the person you’re with, but we all know certain things that are cheating no matter what, regardless of whether or not your boyfriend or girlfriend cares about it.
The definition of cheating from my point of view is anything that would hurt the person that you’re with. Because of this, cheating can’t really be tied down to a list of things.
She Said - By Marika Garrett
Ladies, check this out.Being cheated on sucks, but sometimes we give our boys way to much grief for stuff that isn’t even cheating.
I talked to lots of girls on this subject and a lot of them said cheating was stupid stuff.
Texting another girl,calling another girl, hugging another girl,and flirting with another girl are all examples of stupid things we girls get upset about.
Talking on the phone and texting another girl could mean they are just friends.
Some girls might ask, “But what if he won’t let me see what he’s texting this girl?”Ladies, give our boys some space. If you can’t trust your boyfriend,then you shouldn’t be with him.
“Constantly in com-munication with another girl isn’t really cheating, it’s just annoying. It just makes me think that he’s bored talking to me and rather talk to her.” said Junior Reyneesha Hughley.
Hugging another girl? Fellas, come on! I personally don’t think that hugging is a big deal,but some girls might.
Any physical contact with another girl is setting yourself up for failure.
“Touching another girl in any way is wrong, I mean it could be nothing but how are we suppose to know that.” said senior Brittany Baylee.
Flirting is not cheating! Yes, it might make you mad but it’s just shameless fun.
I mean, in a relationship or out of a relationship, your going to flirt. But now fellas. To avoid a conflict with your ladies, if your going to flirt don’t flirt with your girlfriend’s friends or enemies, and never flirt in front of her!
Plus don’t go over the top, come on, everyone knows the difference between friendly flirting and going too far!
“We get that your going to look and flirt, because we look and flirt too. But when you do that while you’re with me, it’s just disrespectful,” said Junior Alexa Holder.
Cheating is kissing, dating, or anything you wouldn’t do with your girlfriend standing there.That’s the real definition for most girls. These are the things that really matter, and really hurt.
“I’d rather a boy just break up with me than cheat on me,” said sophomore Shanice Barnes, and that is how most of us girls feel!
Trust is the number one thing in a relationship and nothing shatters that trust like being cheated on.
So fellas, don’t try to have your cake and eat it too. And ladies, you need to talk to your boys, don’t tell them what to do but talk to them and tell them what you think is cheating is.
What you believe is cheating might not be the same as what your guy believes cheating is.
