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Is looking at a raunchy pic 'cheating'?

20 replies

PuD19 · 21/08/2025 15:43

I am a happily married man with two beautiful children. I was on my Telegram app and a woman I dated over 10 years ago must've installed the app as her name popped up as a new contact, despite no longer being in my main phone contacts.

I have not seen or spoken to her in a decade and dated her for all of a few weeks. However, I noticed her avatar was quite raunchy (showing a starred out chest/boob area, which I assume to be her, but can't be certain at all). I looked at it and dismissed it.

Then a few days later I was on the app and went to look at it again - again for only a few seconds. I am now very worried I've somehow cheated on his wife as I sought it out. I haven't spoken to this woman, have no plans to ever talk to her, and have actually deleted the contact too.

Is this cheating or over-reacting?

OP posts:
Returnofjude · 21/08/2025 15:44

Shudder

DeeKitch · 21/08/2025 15:44

Not cheating but interested in cheating, hence telegram

Betsy95 · 21/08/2025 15:45

Not cheating no but also not great.
if it was a random and you were looking at their pics fine.
Exes no.

PuD19 · 21/08/2025 15:46

DeeKitch · 21/08/2025 15:44

Not cheating but interested in cheating, hence telegram

Hence Telegram? I am part of a gaming group on it.... hence Telegram

OP posts:
MounjaroMounjaro · 21/08/2025 15:48

Look, stop being sleazy and you won't have any worries.

DiscoBob · 21/08/2025 15:49

If your wife looked at her ex's dick pics, would you consider it cheating? It depends on the boundaries you both have. But it shouldn't be one rule for you and another for her.

Do you think she'd be angry if you told her?

Nosdacariad · 21/08/2025 15:54

PuD19 · 21/08/2025 15:46

Hence Telegram? I am part of a gaming group on it.... hence Telegram

Same. I installed telegram as I was doing a coding course and that was where we had our chat.

A lot of people understandably don't like using meta et c

DeeKitch · 21/08/2025 15:54

PuD19 · 21/08/2025 15:46

Hence Telegram? I am part of a gaming group on it.... hence Telegram

Sure

DeeKitch · 21/08/2025 15:56

Nosdacariad · 21/08/2025 15:54

Same. I installed telegram as I was doing a coding course and that was where we had our chat.

A lot of people understandably don't like using meta et c

Ahhhh I see I thought who is chatting? 👀

Nosdacariad · 21/08/2025 16:03

DeeKitch · 21/08/2025 15:56

Ahhhh I see I thought who is chatting? 👀

Edited

I don't understand 🙃

If my late husband had got arsy about that I'd have laughed at him 🙂 and he me.

Returnofjude · 21/08/2025 16:08

Heads up

Odd OP

posted a thread last year Feel like I cheated on my wife even though my wife says I didnt

Returnofjude · 21/08/2025 16:10

Oooh and another one

this time pretending to be a woman

Is looking at a raunchy pic 'cheating'?
ComtesseDeSpair · 21/08/2025 16:10

Honestly I can’t imagine giving this even another second of headspace. If you feel bad about doing it because you think it might be cheating, don’t do it again. That’s it. It doesn’t need handwringing and a poll of the world.

SoScarletItWas · 21/08/2025 16:14

Returnofjude · 21/08/2025 16:10

Oooh and another one

this time pretending to be a woman

I thought they were just testing out their excuses story for ‘how I added my ex to look at her topless pics’ but the plot thickens…

DeeKitch · 21/08/2025 16:33

Nosdacariad · 21/08/2025 16:03

I don't understand 🙃

If my late husband had got arsy about that I'd have laughed at him 🙂 and he me.

I thought the poster was chatting to OP 🤣 easily confused

DaisyDoodler · 21/08/2025 16:40

DiscoBob · 21/08/2025 15:49

If your wife looked at her ex's dick pics, would you consider it cheating? It depends on the boundaries you both have. But it shouldn't be one rule for you and another for her.

Do you think she'd be angry if you told her?

Exactly this. It can’t be double standards. Would you think your wife would be comfortable about this if she knew? Would you be comfortable about her doing similar?

MounjaroMounjaro · 21/08/2025 17:13

ComtesseDeSpair · 21/08/2025 16:10

Honestly I can’t imagine giving this even another second of headspace. If you feel bad about doing it because you think it might be cheating, don’t do it again. That’s it. It doesn’t need handwringing and a poll of the world.

I doubt it's his hand that he's wringing.

DeeKitch · 21/08/2025 17:25

MounjaroMounjaro · 21/08/2025 17:13

I doubt it's his hand that he's wringing.

😝

80s · 21/08/2025 17:30

I am now very worried I've somehow cheated on his wife
Whose wife are you talking about?

DaisyDoodler · 22/08/2025 10:58

MounjaroMounjaro · 21/08/2025 17:13

I doubt it's his hand that he's wringing.

🤣🤣🤣

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