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    When does text messaging count as cheating?
    Tara Vossenkemper, PhD, LPC
    Licensed Professional Counselor
    Dr. Tara Vossenkemper is a Licensed Professional Counselor and the Founder and Managing Director of The Counseling Hub, LLC, a group counseling practice located in Columbia, Missouri. She is also the Founder of and a Business Consultant with Tara Vossenkemper Consulting, LLC, a consulting service for therapy practice owners. With over twelve years of experience, she specializes in using the Gottman Method of relationship therapy with couples on the brink of divorce, who have conflict, or who feel disconnected from one another. Dr. Vossenkemper holds a BA in Psychology from The University of Missouri, Saint Louis, an MA in Counseling from Missouri Baptist University, and a PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision from The University of Missouri, Saint Louis. She has also completed Level 3 training in the Gottman Method Couples Therapy approach and has been formally trained in both the Prepare-Enrich Premarital Couples Counseling approach and the PREP Approach for couples counseling.
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    Text messaging can count as cheating if there an element of secrecy and emotional connection involved (with someone other than the person's partner). Even emotional intimacy and secrecy with another person falls into affair territory.
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    How do you bring up a suspicion of cheating?
    John Keegan
    Dating Coach
    John Keegan is a Dating Coach and motivational speaker based in New York City. With over 10 years of professional experience, he runs The Awakened Lifestyle, where he uses his expertise in dating, attraction, and social dynamics to help people find love. He teaches and holds dating workshops internationally, from Los Angeles to London and from Rio de Janeiro to Prague. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Humans of New York, and Men's Health.
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    Mention how you're feeling as soon as you start feeling suspicious. Try to have an adult discussion where you mention that you're not the jealous type, but that you feel like something isn't adding up. Then, see what the other person says.
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    What are the first signs of cheating?
    John Keegan
    Dating Coach
    John Keegan is a Dating Coach and motivational speaker based in New York City. With over 10 years of professional experience, he runs The Awakened Lifestyle, where he uses his expertise in dating, attraction, and social dynamics to help people find love. He teaches and holds dating workshops internationally, from Los Angeles to London and from Rio de Janeiro to Prague. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Humans of New York, and Men's Health.
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    They might repeatedly get home later than they said they would, or call you later than they promised. They might also not show up for a planned event, or smell like someone else's perfume and cologne. Above all else, though, their actions and words won't add up over a period of time, and you'll know in your gut that something isn't right.
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    What do you do if your boyfriend sexts his ex?
    John Keegan
    Dating Coach
    John Keegan is a Dating Coach and motivational speaker based in New York City. With over 10 years of professional experience, he runs The Awakened Lifestyle, where he uses his expertise in dating, attraction, and social dynamics to help people find love. He teaches and holds dating workshops internationally, from Los Angeles to London and from Rio de Janeiro to Prague. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Humans of New York, and Men's Health.
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    Call him out on his behavior and get him to open up. Take a close look at how he responds and decide from there how you'd like to move forward. You might be able to continue ahead with the relationship in a deeper way by letting him know that sort of behavior is unacceptable in the future, or you could end things and move on.
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