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Is it cheating if your partner keeps texting someone they almost dated, "to keep the door open"?
Asked another way: Is it cheating if your girlfriend keeps texting someone she almost dated, "to keep the door open"? Is it cheating if your boyfriend keeps texting someone he almost dated, "to keep the door open"?
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Nah. Relax. It's nothing.
Micro. Not cheating. Just disrespectful.
Macro. Phone on the table. Now.
Unforgivable. Bags packed. Locks changed.
Every case on Cheatistics gets one of four verdicts. Micro-cheating means small, often secret behavior that points attention or intimacy outside the relationship. Macro is a real breach of trust. Unforgivable is the end of the relationship. Read the full breakdown.
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