Emotional cheating
This topic was created in the Relationships forum by borednbeautiful on Monday, January 15, 2024 and has 20 replies.
How would you define it?
Let’s say 2 people are in a relationship (not with each other), but they share a very deep bond and talk about everything. Their partner doesn’t know. They are not physically intimate.
Let’s say 2 people are in a relationship (not with each other), but they share a very deep bond and talk about everything. Their partner doesn’t know. They are not physically intimate.
Posted by borednbeautifulThat sounds like a friendship, but a sneaky one. Why are they hiding? WHAT are they hiding? They better tell their partner before he/she finds out.
How would you define it?
Let’s say 2 people are in a relationship (not with each other), but they share a very deep bond and talk about everything. Their partner doesn’t know. They are not physically intimate.
For me, emotional cheating is when you are infatuated with someone other than your partner. You don't even have to be on speaking terms, but spent your mental and emotional energy on them.
Yeah, agree with @BadderBunny and @Undine - having a connection with someone and conversation on a range of topics isn’t an issue.
It’s if you have feelings for the other person and want it to develop into something else, or fantasise about that.
It’s if you have feelings for the other person and want it to develop into something else, or fantasise about that.
I remember a boss of mine saying he’d be more threatened by his wife having an emotional connection with a man than a sexual one. He said anyone could have sex but not a deep emotional bond.
I had a boss who I connected with emotionally. I had to limit him on what he can ask.
There has to be boundaries plus I have to respect the woman he is with.
Just be careful, you don't want to hurt anyone.
There has to be boundaries plus I have to respect the woman he is with.
Just be careful, you don't want to hurt anyone.
@8675309 - once the trust is gone it’s never going to be the same again.
This is why male-female friendships can be tricky. Especially if there’s some sexual tension there.
Anytime you’re hiding it, then it’s a problem for your relationship. Pretty much emotional cheating or perhaps you’re in a toxic relationship and you aren’t allowed to have friends. Either way you’ve got a problem.
If you gotta hide it, if you are cultivating a connection that is closer than your partners, if you even have to question....
Having little cute moments and things, hearing a song on the radio and thinking about someone else, not your partner. Seeing a nice spot for a picnic and wanting to share that spot with the other person. All that kind of stuff.
Feeling emotionally connected but wanting to jump their bones 😂😆
My only concern with this is the partners not knowing part! I mean if it’s nothing, why hide it?
Something wrong with the kind of relationship the person shares with one or both of them.
Something wrong with the kind of relationship the person shares with one or both of them.
Posted by AerialViewlol
Water women problems
"Their partner doesn't know" is the part that makes it emotional cheating. If you're going to keep things like that from your partner ya may as well be cheating.
Posted by AerialViewThe people in question are air sign female and fire sign male.Posted by route666aybbPosted by AerialView
Water women problems
lol
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Like seriously they berrated emotional cheaters while they're the most likely offender of that kind of cheat 😂 mind boggling.click to expand
Posted by AerialViewThey have some history including sex, lol.Posted by borednbeautifulPosted by AerialViewPosted by route666aybbPosted by AerialView
Water women problems
lol
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Like seriously they berrated emotional cheaters while they're the most likely offender of that kind of cheat 😂 mind boggling.
The people in question are air sign female and fire sign male.
That's intellectual cheatingclick to expand
It’s complicated.
Posted by AerialViewRight. It’s mostly lust + intellectually stimulating.Posted by borednbeautifulPosted by AerialViewPosted by borednbeautifulPosted by AerialViewPosted by route666aybbPosted by AerialView
Water women problems
lol
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Like seriously they berrated emotional cheaters while they're the most likely offender of that kind of cheat 😂 mind boggling.
The people in question are air sign female and fire sign male.
That's intellectual cheating
They have some history including sex, lol.
It’s complicated.
Haha it's still not an emotional cheat as fire and air aren't emotional.
Over the years so many threads are accusing them being emotionally retarded (especially air signs). How can they emotionally cheat if they don't even have emotions.
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Posted by AerialViewYou understand it, lol. Are you an Aries?Posted by borednbeautifulPosted by AerialViewPosted by borednbeautifulPosted by AerialViewPosted by borednbeautifulPosted by AerialViewPosted by route666aybbPosted by AerialView
Water women problems
lol
click to expand
Like seriously they berrated emotional cheaters while they're the most likely offender of that kind of cheat 😂 mind boggling.
The people in question are air sign female and fire sign male.
That's intellectual cheating
They have some history including sex, lol.
It’s complicated.
Haha it's still not an emotional cheat as fire and air aren't emotional.
Over the years so many threads are accusing them being emotionally retarded (especially air signs). How can they emotionally cheat if they don't even have emotions.
Right. It’s mostly lust + intellectually stimulating.
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Posted by AerialViewOkay, good to know 😂😂😂Posted by borednbeautifulPosted by AerialViewPosted by borednbeautifulPosted by AerialViewPosted by borednbeautifulPosted by AerialViewPosted by borednbeautifulPosted by AerialViewPosted by route666aybbPosted by AerialView
Water women problems
lol
click to expand
Like seriously they berrated emotional cheaters while they're the most likely offender of that kind of cheat 😂 mind boggling.
The people in question are air sign female and fire sign male.
That's intellectual cheating
They have some history including sex, lol.
It’s complicated.
Haha it's still not an emotional cheat as fire and air aren't emotional.
Over the years so many threads are accusing them being emotionally retarded (especially air signs). How can they emotionally cheat if they don't even have emotions.
Right. It’s mostly lust + intellectually stimulating.
100%
You understand it, lol. Are you an Aries?
Cause what you've said above is my kind of cheat lmao. I don't need or seek emotions from other women hehe
Yes, today I'm an Aries.click to expand
that's what ruined my marriage. (on my end. abusing me, on hers) i should've had better boundaries. abuse got worse once she figured stuff out. we've been divorced since november.
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