Is it cheating when you give someone a hug?
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tiggerzwifey
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I do not think that this is a form of cheating in anyway. My boyfriend of 1 year and some days. Says that that is a form of cheating or that is what he is trying to inform me. I have been over this a thousand times. Please answer me back if you agree or disagree with my question.
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Well, there are so many different kinds of hugs that it's hard to say. Like kisses - there are friendly 'peck on the cheek' types, all the way up to long passionate kisses. Some people are more physically demonstrative than others and a hug for them is like a freindly greeting, not a huge emotional or even sexual thing. I would say that any hug that lasts longer than 5-10 seconds and/or is accompanied by a lot of rubbing or moaning is not just a quick 'hello.' I would not call it cheating, but if it bothers your boyfriend, I would not recommend that you stop hugging, but maybe limit the length of your hugs. Also let him see that other people hug as a social means of communicating - point it out when you see others do it, maybe in a mall or social situations - family gatherings and such.
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No. if hugs were considered cheating, i would have divorced many years ago. Sometimes, you talk to people that are so withdrawn, so down, so lonesome, that only a hug will bring them back to life. I experience this daily. yes, i hug a love of people. and, they thank me for it. Hugging does not mean you are in love or cheating with this person. its part of life. Just consider this a psychological pick-me-up and nothing more.
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No. A hug not nessasarily a romantic gesture and serve many other socilal puroses other than to express love. People take hugs way to seriously.
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no,it means you missed that person
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it depends on what type of hug it is. it might be just a friendly hug to say hello
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A hug is not cheating. It's if your hands wonder down while hugging then that can be crossing the line.
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Let's try to get this straight. Do you mean a hug (quick embrace with a slight pressure from the arms and hands on the middle to upper back of the proponent, with no sexual connotations) or a fondle (long embrace, usually with the hands at lower back or posterior with several increases/decreases of pressure, overtly showing sexual desire)? There is nothing wrong with a hug, as defined, and if your boyfriend is that insecure then you need to get him some couselling.
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I think the answer lies in the intentions behind the hug. Would you hug this person if your significant other was standing right next to you? If you feel the need to hide it from your partner perhaps your intentions are wrong.
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no hugs can cheer somone up or welcome somone
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uh NO of course not...hugging is just a friendly kinda gesture.
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i dont consider it cheating, as long as ur not tryin to be deseptive about it. For example dont try to keep it from ur bf or gf, just tell them and if they are not comfortable with it then =ye sit is cheating if you told them that u wouldnt. but if they said it was fine it is fine. Or you can think about it like this would u consider it cheating if they gave someone else a hug?
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only if you do some feeling up of sexual parts during the embrace nothing beats a nice hug. an employee at the vet hugged me after my cat died last month. if hugging was cheating it would make me a lesbian cheater... yikes.
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A hug is not defined as cheating.
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NO WAY! Sex or oral sex is cheating I think doing things behind the other persons back is also cheating like taking someone else out on a date and kissing..
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No I don't think so. That might even imply hugging your brother or sister is incest to be extreme. Everyone needs a hug sometimes.
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Depends on the hug.
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Is it a...naked hug?
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I define cheating as doing something with someone else that you wouldn't do if you were in the presence of your partner. That can be anything: holding hands, hugging, kissing, touching, etc etc. ... If its an intimate moment then it is cheating. So, alot of whether or not it is cheating depends on the mindset of the people involved when it happened and their intentions at the time. Even if it doesnt escalate to full blown sex, it is a betrayal and it destroys the trust that binds a relationship.
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Depends on the intent behind it and the type of hug. If ti was the kind people usually give their partner or there was more intent behiind it than simply a friendly hug it could be the start of cheating.
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A hug is a greeting of emotions. Same as a hand shake a kiss on the forehead or cheek. So my answer is no a hug is not cheating.
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Absolutely NO way. If it is just a normal hug. I can be quite a possessive person, and a hug wouldn't bother me.
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That's kinda ify. If you are hugging woman and get a boner, then you may have something to worry about.
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It isn't the "act" itself that validates cheating. It is the intentions of the person :)
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