Is it still cheating?

[skylark]

Not cheating, per se, but dangerously close and extremely inappropriate. I don't think that ANY explicit pics/videos are cheating (as long as you're not addicted to porn, I don't have a big problem with it), but it crosses the line when they are "using" pics of people from real life. I don't mind it if mr. skylark spent 5-10 minutes (more realistically 2-5 min.) in the bathroom "using" a playboy full of women he doesn't know and will never have... but I do have a problem with him "using" a pic of his ex-girlfriend, friend from work, or anyone else that isn't exclusively from his world of fantasy. The real life connection makes it become more of a real life competition and that is something a person in a committed relationship has an expectation to not have to deal with.

[Velocity_14]

Originally Posted by skylark

Not cheating, per se, but dangerously close and extremely inappropriate. I don't think that ANY explicit pics/videos are cheating (as long as you're not addicted to porn, I don't have a big problem with it), but it crosses the line when they are "using" pics of people from real life. I don't mind it if mr. skylark spent 5-10 minutes (more realistically 2-5 min.) in the bathroom "using" a playboy full of women he doesn't know and will never have... but I do have a problem with him "using" a pic of his ex-girlfriend, friend from work, or anyone else that isn't exclusively from his world of fantasy. The real life connection makes it become more of a real life competition and that is something a person in a committed relationship has an expectation to not have to deal with.

Exactly!