I'm [25/M] worried I might be emotionally cheating.

Thanks for your response. Can I ask what you specifically mean by "tone it down"? As in, is it more the content of the conversation or the amount time spent? I'm going to talk to my SO about the situation again, and then in the future I'm going to ensure I only speak to her as I would any other friend. I do spend a lot of time with my SO as well, but I'm going to try and fill my time better so I don't resort to chatting with my friend out of boredom.

Does it seem acceptable to still want to maintain a fairly close platonic friendship? We can't hang out 1 on 1 due to living in different countries now (hence why we speak online). My SO has close male friends she goes to dinner with 1 on 1 and stuff occasionally which I'm perfectly fine with as long as stuff like intimate relationship details aren't discussed.

I'm attracted to other female friends as well, and our conversations are usual fairly similar (just banal shit), it's just the amount of time spent in this case that concerned me mainly.

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