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Italy has moved to centre stage in the eurozone debt crisis.
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<p>Today the Internet is changing the way people interact and it is having an impact on committed relationships. People are chatting, flirting, and even cheating online. The internet permits many to live out their fantasies. They can do and say what they cannot in real face-to-face encounters. This sort of behavior can destroy relationships.</p>
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While Greece generated a lot of noise, it is now seen as a sideshow.
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<p>Most women would agree. The consensus being that over the course of time a connection may develop between the online cheaters. Even if they never meet in person, they are sharing intimacies and sexual fantasies that should only be shared with their partner.</p>
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Greece's debt problems are already widely known and the immediate consequences of a Greek default largely anticipated.
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<p>Besides, many feel that as their men become more entangled in the online affair, the possibilities for offline cheating increases.</p>
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Moreover, the size of the Greek economy is small enough that the direct damage, if Greece stopped paying its debts, should be quite manageable for the eurozone.
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<p>When confronted about the possibilities of developing emotional attachments, many men indicated that more often than not, emotions are faked. Let&rsquo;s face it, just because someone puts up a smiley face doesn&rsquo;t mean they are really smiling.</p>
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Instead, the big fear is "contagion" - that a Greek default could trigger a financial catastrophe for other, much bigger economies - in particular Italy and Spain.
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<p>It seems that when it comes to cyber cheating, it may come down to a person&rsquo;s point of view. Partners will have to agree on what is appropriate and what is not appropriate Internet behavior. Where as one partner might consider online flirting as harmless fun. Others might consider this behavior just as harmful as a midnight romp in a hotel.</p>
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And it seems it is Italy that is now seen as the lead candidate for that contagion. But why is this?
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<p>Interestingly, studies indicate that one might critic their partner&rsquo;s online amorous advances more severely than their own. When I do, it is okay, but when you do, it is not. Anyway you chop it up, Internet flirting is a real issue. To address this, couples should discuss what they think is and isn&rsquo;t online cheating. Although cyber cheating may seem more innocent to some, it can still ruin a relationship.</p>
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Prudent Italy?
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<p>The bottom line, if you are flirting with someone online behind your partner&rsquo;s back, you are being deceptive. If you are honest about your online hanky-panky, and your partner is uncomfortable, insecure or outright hurt by it, maybe you should stop. That is, if you cherish your relationship.</p>
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According to Germany's Chancellor, Angela Merkel, "Italy has great economic strength, but Italy does also have a very high level of debt and that has to be reduced in a credible way in the years ahead."
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As with Greece, she and other eurozone leaders believe the solution is more government austerity - spending cuts and tax rises - by Rome.
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However, some economists might disagree with her assessment.
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The Italian government's debt, at 118% of GDP (annual economic output) is certainly high, even by European standards.
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But dig a little deeper, and the picture changes.
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Unlike their counterparts in Spain or the Irish Republic, ordinary Italians have not run up huge mortgages, and generally have very little debt.
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That means that according to the Bank of International Settlements Italy as a country - not just a government - is not actually terribly indebted compared with other big economies such as France, Canada or the UK.
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Crisis jargon buster
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Use the dropdown for easy-to-understand explanations of key financial terms:
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GDP
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GDP
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Gross domestic product. A measure of economic activity in a country, namely of all the services and goods produced in a year. There are three main ways of calculating GDP - through output, through income and through expenditure.
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Glossary in full
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Moreover, the large debts of the Italian government are nothing new. It has got by just fine with a debt ratio over 100% of its GDP ever since 1991.
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Current revision as of 07:14, 29 December 2013

Today the Internet is changing the way people interact and it is having an impact on committed relationships. People are chatting, flirting, and even cheating online. The internet permits many to live out their fantasies. They can do and say what they cannot in real face-to-face encounters. This sort of behavior can destroy relationships.

 

Most women would agree. The consensus being that over the course of time a connection may develop between the online cheaters. Even if they never meet in person, they are sharing intimacies and sexual fantasies that should only be shared with their partner.

 

Besides, many feel that as their men become more entangled in the online affair, the possibilities for offline cheating increases.

 

When confronted about the possibilities of developing emotional attachments, many men indicated that more often than not, emotions are faked. Let’s face it, just because someone puts up a smiley face doesn’t mean they are really smiling.

 

It seems that when it comes to cyber cheating, it may come down to a person’s point of view. Partners will have to agree on what is appropriate and what is not appropriate Internet behavior. Where as one partner might consider online flirting as harmless fun. Others might consider this behavior just as harmful as a midnight romp in a hotel.

 

Interestingly, studies indicate that one might critic their partner’s online amorous advances more severely than their own. When I do, it is okay, but when you do, it is not. Anyway you chop it up, Internet flirting is a real issue. To address this, couples should discuss what they think is and isn’t online cheating. Although cyber cheating may seem more innocent to some, it can still ruin a relationship.

 

The bottom line, if you are flirting with someone online behind your partner’s back, you are being deceptive. If you are honest about your online hanky-panky, and your partner is uncomfortable, insecure or outright hurt by it, maybe you should stop. That is, if you cherish your relationship.

 

 

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