Last night I watched Seven Year Switch. And today, all I can think about is what actually constitutes cheating.
Is getting a tattoo with the another person the same as getting rumpy at the office Christmas party?
How about having a spa? In a bikini?
Giving a massage?
Apologies (well, not really) to all those massage-giving, spa-loving, ink-branded ‘best buddies’ out there, but the answer is yes.
What happens when the couples on Seven Year Switch meet each other’s partners? Post continues after video…
I know, I know. You’re just friends. He/she just really gets you. It’s not complicated and fraught with emotion in the way your proper relationship is.
Heads-up. That’s why it’s cheating. You might not be actually doing the deed, but your emotions – the good ones at least – are all trained on someone else. Which is a bit diminishing for the third party.
“He can get fucked,” Jackie said after discovering partner Tim had got real ink, in a real tatt, on his foot on an outing with ‘experimental partner’ Tallena (tumbling dice, FYI, kinda appropriate for someone who seems to like taking a chance).
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Jackie wanted out of the relationship before she and Tim went on this ridiculous show. You don't end a relationship 'instantly' from one incident that did not involve physical activity with another person. Jackie was looking for 'something' basically anything, so she could pull the pin without looking like she wanted out. The same goes for Tim. Tim was going to do whatever he wanted to, especialy if Jackie was going to lose her shizzle over it! He knew exactly what he was doing, and he knew Jackie would end the relationship because of it. It's such a shame people pretend to they are on a show for any other reason but to be famous.
There is a BIG difference in being inappropriate/thoughtless & cheating. Also as you mentioned everyone's lines are blurry & something those in the relationship need to work out but all of this is assuming that the people in the relationship are sane & level headed!!
I have seen people have a full blow screaming fit when their partner dared to... go out with their mates for a beer - watch out because she cries is that cheating? No, she's being unreasonable!
I've had a friend call me incessantly, absolutely hysterical because...her boyfriend of 2 months wouldn't pay hundreds of dollars for her to go to an even with him... Is he cheating because he's still going without her (because she couldn't afford it) & went with other people? No, she's also being an unreasonable psycho!
Just as I think Jackie was a psycho - what makes you or anyone else think they have ANY right telling a grown adult what to do? You can obviously set the boundaries for your relationship but that's where is ends! A relationship should increase happiness, not hold someone back or make them feel diminished or controlled!