[*Anya*]

Question: If you or someone you know is in a relationship and you flirt by text with them, is that considered cheating? Could it be cheating? Is it different in person? .. as the saying goes, If you wouldn't do it with your partner beside you then don't do it.

For me personally: I would not flirt with someone else, either by text or in person, while in a committed, monogamous relationship (which I am) nor would I involve myself in someone else's relationship.

I think it is a form of emotional infidelity and I will not go there. I think flirting elsewhere indicates some sort of problem within the primary relationship.

This is an important value, which my partner and I both share.

I think that one can be friendly without flirting.

For a couple that is not monogamous-different rules and expectations, of course.