An emotional relationship or affair is often never questioned or not taken as seriously as a physical affair. Because a sexual act has not occurred, many people do not see it as cheating in a relationship. Emotional cheating should not be taken lightly, because the damage caused to a relationship due to emotional cheating can be devastating. Many people don?t even know what emotional cheating really even is.
If you have contact with an ex or member of the opposite sex that you are keeping private from your husband, wife, girlfriend or boyfriend, this is a form of emotional cheating. If it was just a case of friendship, and nothing else, why the big secret? Are you sharing intimate details of your relationship with a member of the opposite sex or an ex that if your loved one found out they would feel horrified or betrayed? To discuss such things with one of your friends is one thing, but a member of the opposite sex is another thing. To make matters worse, the communication that is supposed to be shared within the relationship no longer is. When someone is emotionally cheating, they no longer want to share their thoughts and feelings, problems, and their issues with the person they are involved with. Instead, they share it with someone else on the outside. This breaks down the communication level between the couple and they grow further apart. If the relationship is having problems, instead of working it out as a couple and expressing themselves they seek out their ?friend?. The friend is only hearing one side of the story, and it is not their job to fix the relationship anyway. Because the person is putting so much time, energy and effort into the ?friendship? they put less and less into their relationship. Because this ?friendship? has become so valuable and a source of support they often look forward to the time they can spend or talk with their ?friend?. They can then start comparing their ?friendship? to their relationship, and often see that their friend understands, agrees, and communicates with them better. In some cases of emotional cheating there is a physical attraction between the ?friends?. People that are emotionally cheating find themselves pulling away from their husband, wife, boyfriend or girlfriend because their needs are getting met by their ?friend?. Even though they are not having sex with their emotional friend, they withdraw from having sex within their relationship because of the lack of connection. They feel more connected to their emotional friend now. When someone is emotionally cheating, they may be flirting with their ?friend? and find it exciting and stimulating which they no longer experience in their relationship. Even though they have not been intimate with their friend they may wonder what it would be like, or fantasize about it. Because they are developing feelings for someone new they are losing site of the feelings they have for the person they are in a relationship with. In many cases, emotional cheating leads to physical cheating, and a lot of these ?friends? had that agenda all along. Let?s face it, cheating is cheating, whether it is emotional or physical. Instead of developing emotions for someone else, focus on the relationship you have an either fix it, or end it.
You may be worried your man may have had sex with someone else. Wouldn?t it be just as bad if he was in love with someone else?
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