You can cheat on someone without laying a finger on someone else. Cheating is all about intent, which is why emotional cheating is often more devastating than a physical affair. Personally, I think I'd be more forgiving of a sexual encounter because that's just sex and sex doesn't always mean anything more than an orgasm. Getting all tangled up with someone emotionally is altogether different. Distancing yourself is altogether different, too. All the little ways people cheat without having sex still add up and easily result in the demise of the relationship.
If you're trying to get off with someone else, you're pretty much kind of cheating, you know? You're not technically having sex, but still.
Don't say you're just trying to see what's out there because … well, why? If you're that curious about what you're missing, you maybe shouldn't be in a relationship in the first place.
This is even worse, though. It may never come to anything, but if you use an app to hook up with other people, you have the intent to cheat.
Ditto, plus it's catfishing and catfishing is never cool.
People flirt. That's not a big deal. Flirting can go too far, though, and you know when it's reached that point.
It's never fair to compare your partner to anyone. Comparing her/him to someone else you have feelings for, however, that's just wrong.
I don't mean thinking about a celebrity or someone you simply fantasize about, obviously. If you're physically imagining someone you've wanted to be with, though, that's like cheating by proxy.
Long-term texting relationships are increasingly common. You may never do anything physical and you may do it under the guise of friendship or flirtation, but it can cross a line into more serious territory.
For instance, if you have a crush on someone other than your partner and refuse to sleep with your partner because you feel like you'd be cheating on your crush, that's … well, kind of cheating, isn't it?
Sending risque photos, that is. Sharing nude photos with anyone other than your partner is just … no.
Same.
It's okay to have a friend who's more like your soul mate than your partner. However, when you completely stop confiding in your partner and share your feelings solely with someone else, that's pretty serious.
First of all, is that true? Because that's not great. Second of all, this is another case where you're comparing your partner to someone else and putting all your feelings outside of your relationship.
You only say this if you wish you were single. There's no other reason.
This means you're not communicating at all, and once you stop communicating, things are all but done.
For obvious reasons.
Even if you're not interested in someone specific, once you get to this stage, your heart and your mind are somewhere else.
When you start pulling away from your relationship, in whatever way, you've already made a decision that you don't want to be in it anymore. Some people – can some couples – can come back from this, but not all of them. Have you done any of these things? Would it bother you if your partner did?
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