Emotional Cheating ? Disfunkshion Magazine

Whoever defined cheating in a relationship to encompass only the physical is perhaps wrong. You see, infidelity goes beyond physical contact where it can emerge as an emotional affair. Feelings aren?t demonstrably acted upon but because you receive gratification from investing your time and emotional energy in a new, intense and secretive bond, your attention is taken away from your primary partner.

Needless to say, this type of intimacy is violating the trust you have with your significant other because you?re attracted to this person and tend to fantasize that your courting efforts are reciprocated.?Talk about flirting to the umpteenth degree.

Of course, it doesn?t help that technological advances and social networking sites have made it easier than before to get involved emotionally. An innocent friend request or photo ?like?, comment, text or email has the potential to be just as damaging as a sexual affair when reconnecting to friends from the past or even forging new relationships because it leads to and instills having improper fantasies about turning your dreams into reality.

So how can you figure out if you?re heading toward having an emotional affair? Silently, ask yourself the following:

  • Do you feel yourself slowly withdrawing from your significant other because you feel gratified in confiding your thoughts, feelings and problems to a ?friend??
  • Do you stay up at odd hours of the night talking, texting, (even flirting) or looking at photos of your ?friend??
  • Do you find yourself lying to your partner about your whereabouts or withholding the entire truth when it comes to your ?friend??

And if you did answer Yes to any of these, think about how betrayed and hurt your partner will feel because you chose not to communicate and be honest with them (all key elements to every successful relationship since the beginning of time) in the first place.

Words by: Ashley Kooblall /?Image by: Rebekah Schott

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