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" I was on my guy&amp;#039;s computer and found out he&amp;#039;s been chatting with a woman online. She lives on the other side of the country, and they&amp;#039;ve never met. From what I read, he&amp;#039;s even told her about me. When I confronted him, he said it&amp;#039;s just innocent flirting and he has no intention of meeting her. But I still feel like it&amp;#039;s cheating. What do you think? Hmmm...secretly talking to another woman online is just &amp;quot;innocent flirting&amp;quot;? I don&amp;#039;t think so. Look, just because they haven&amp;#039;t connected physically doesn&amp;#039;t mean they haven&amp;#039;t connected emotionally, no matter how your dude rationalizes it. Flirting is never innocent, in person or online. Say we do give him the benefit of the doubt and accept that these late-night IMs are harmless. Then why didn&amp;#039;t he tell you about them in the first place? Hey, she knows about you; you should have known about her. Your guy is clearly having a virtual fling. You need to ask him why he feels the need to flirt with a stranger and find out what she&amp;#039;s doing for him that you&amp;#039;re not. You could even look at this as an opportunity to figure out what&amp;#039;s missing in your relationship. In most cases, people seek out attention from the opposite sex when they&amp;#039;re feeling unappreciated at home. Could this be the case with him? Still, regardless of what his motives might be, you need to tell him to stop corresponding with her ASAP. It makes you uncomfortable &amp;amp;#151; as it should &amp;amp;#151; and it&amp;#039;s certainly not helping your relationship. Hopefully, this is an isolated incident, but be firm with him for the future: Any more online escapades, and he&amp;#039;s out. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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