CHEATING THROUGH DATING WEBSITES, THE NEW PHENOMENON?

Not too long ago, a dear friend of mine came to me with some questionable news “As we speak, my boyfriend is out to coffee with a girl he met through Ok Cupid," she said. This information left me without words. So I asked if they were in an open relationship and she said "No."

Then they are in a monogamous relationship? Ok.

“But I don't understand,” she said. "He has been texting me the entire time."

Ok… so he is texting his girlfriend about his date with another girl… What?

Not even my social science degree could help me interpret this one.

I was feeling extraordinarily forgiving that day, so I gave her some comforting but very unrealistic advice. “Let’s look on the bright side,” I said. “He told you about the date, so maybe he just wants to make a new friend. He's a small town boy in a big scary city, we should cut him some slack.”


WRONG.

I think she felt better for point five seconds. That is, until she used her rational mind to understand that this was all very bizarre behavior. I don’t know why people come to me for relationship advice anyway. The fantasy world residing in my head doesn’t allow for much rational thought.

After analyzing the situation from a normal person’s perspective, I came to the conclusion that meeting someone you were introduced to on dating website, telling your partner about it, and later texting them every 5 minutes while on the date IS RUDE.  

With every text message he was saying, “Hey I am on a date with another girl right now, even though we woke up together this morning. But I will see you tonight ok?” The constant reminder being her cellphone ring. 


Honey, affirmation from other women isn’t going to make you any more secure.

Now these two… they were a happy couple. What a shame. 

I am no expert but from what I’ve gathered, people usually try and AVOID cheating when in a relationship. Hopping on a dating website to make new friends is asking for trouble. Plus, you are paying to cheat. And this is somehow different from hiring a prostitute? 

 More than that, all of your information is open to everyone on the internet meaning, your partner is probably going to see it.

We all graduated from High School right? I thought we had grown smarter since then. 

Now this whole dating and hook up website thing is out of control. I heard of a couple the other day that met on ihookup.com. What a great idea. I was told ihookup.com was for random hookups. So last week, you were both on a website looking for animalistic and group sex, but now you’ve found the one? How romantic.


Well at least you have something in common. 


Now this couple, they prided themselves on being adventurous. Oh the adrenaline rush, not knowing who is going to walk into the door and what problems they are going to bring with them. 


And we are still on gay marriage? Let's keep up with the times America. There is a lot more going on here.