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Episode 10: Playing with Fire

July 2, 2026 · 54 min

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If your partner put a fire emoji on a photo ofan attractive person on Instagram, would you care? Most people have an answerimmediately. Almost no couple has ever actually discussed it.

This week Erin and Terry get into the grey areathat every couple navigates but almost none of them talk about out loud. Themicro cheating spectrum, from a liked photo to a deleted DM, and what it isthat actually tips something over the line. What acceptable interaction withfollowers looks like when the inbox is full and people feel entitled to aresponse. The difference between a public reply and a private DM, and why thatdistinction matters more than what was actually said. And the real questionunderneath all of it: where does each of them genuinely draw the line, not thepublic answer, the actual one?

Plus: why deleting messages is always theconfession, regardless of what they said.

Tell us in the comments: fire emoji, flirty DM,or deleting messages. Which one would actually bother you most, and does yourpartner know?

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