IT’S not doing the dirty on your partner, really – or is it? If you’ve rubbed suncream on someone you fancy, knowing your partner and theirs are not there or are looking the other way, you maybe know you are being a bit sneaky-cheeky. But it’s just a bit of slap and no tickle, right? Nice and not naughty? Hmm. Similarly, ever considered hopping on a lilo with that sexy somebody who is not your significant other, buying them a holiday cocktail or getting up close for a saucy joint selfie ? Welcome to the devious world of micro-cheating , where latest research suggests 84 PER CENT of supposedly coupled-up folk have come, well, just a teensy bit, briefly uncoupled.
Called out for what it is, the term means flirting with someone while you’re spoken for — and hand on heart, a lot of us know we are bang to rights. Or would be if our dearest knew — because nowhere is this subtle mischief more rife than on boozy, sunshine stag and hen holidays , where what goes on tour stays on tour. Jessica Leoni at married people’s dating site illicitencounters.
com , who did the latest survey, says: “Posing for photos, paying for a new friend’s drinks and inviting a group back to your villa all fit under the parasol of micro-cheating. “Being far from home, away from prying eyes, can make people more confident and that translates into appearing more attractive to the opposite sex.” Once a micro-cheat, always a micro-cheat, it seems, for the survey found 53 per cent of those w.