What is cheating?
Is it still cheating if it never becomes physical?
Is there such thing as emotional cheating?
The answer is yes.
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Emotional cheating is real and probably happens way more than people realize. This article will teach you what emotional cheating is, how to know if you are emotionally cheating or your spouse is emotionally cheating on you, and what to do about it. I'm also going to tell you how you can access a free guide to understanding more about emotional cheating.
How would you define emotional cheating? Have you been emotionally cheated on by your spouse? And how did you handle it?
What Is Emotional Cheating?
First, let's define what cheating is. I was asked this in a podcast interview the other day, and the answer I gave was as follows. The best definition that I can provide of infidelity is when a person gains fulfillment physically or emotionally from someone who is not their spouse. That's a baseline and is not entirely accurate as people gain emotional satisfaction from many other things, such as friends, children, and co-workers. And, of course, those things wouldn't be classified as infidelity.
However, there's an additional layer when a person gains some fulfillment physically or emotionally from someone who is not their spouse. They feel the need to hide interactions from their spouse and look to that other person to fulfill needs that are supposed to be fulfilled by their spouse, especially if that person is someone of the opposite sex. So what is emotional cheating?
When a married person looks to another most of the time, someone of the opposite sex, to fulfill an emotional need, that is emotional cheating. Going to someone else instead of their spouse and being unwilling to give up that relationship is emotional cheating. At the bottom of it, emotional cheating is when you look to someone other than your spouse to fulfill you in areas that only your spouse should fulfill you.
It's okay to have best friends. You need those people in your life to have fun with and to vent to in certain moments. What is not okay is beginning to develop an emotional connection with someone of the opposite sex. The kind of relationship where you start to feel that this person understands you in a way that your spouse doesn't, makes you feel better about yourself, and you continue to want to be around them.
When someone is evoking emotions that you enjoy feeling at a high intensity and a high frequency, it's probably emotional cheating. So here are some things to consider.
Consider This
First, think about the person in your life that you feel emotionally connected with other than your spouse. Have you ever felt the need to cut down on the amount of time you spend with this person?
Have you ever felt annoyed at people talking about how much time you spend with or speak to this person?
Have you ever felt bad or guilty about how much time you spent with this person?
Do you feel like you need to talk to this person first thing in the morning? Or when something terrible happens, do you view them as an eye-opener?
If you answered yes to even two or more of those questions, you are probably emotionally cheating on your spouse.
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