Everybody saying physical. I don't see it that way.
Look at it like a crime. If you on your Minority Report game
With physical cheating, if you find out, that person is guilty, and you can
they committed a crime, it is done, and there is no going back. You can grant them clemency if you want and things can actually work out.
With emotional cheating it is like Minority Report:It somewhat foretells what CAN happen if not nipped in the bud.
The thing is, everybody has physical needs, and you can 100% be in love and go tap something elsewhere. It is disrespectful, but relationships, especially by old heads, survive it all the time.
Emotional cheating is like a terminal disease. It gets worse. At first it is friendly. Then it is more connected. Then it is dependent. Your man or woman at first is sharing the bad times with someone else behind your back. Next, they are sharing the good times as well, and denying you that information. Then you get the cold shoulder.
There is plausible deniability, in that they can say "They are just a friend" and if you real with them, you can give them the benefit of the doubt or end it. Eventually their love for someone else becomes apathy for you. Your flowers are met with disinterest. Your dates are curved often for silly reasons. Your sex is brief and inhibited. All the while you FEEL something ain't right. They don't linger after you do something together. They glow when a timely text comes through...one that you can't read. And if you did read it, 99% of the time it is fairly innocent, but even a "I hope you are having a great night" from them gives your lover more delight than them actually hanging with you. There is nothing more soul burning than someone who won't cut you loose, but will give you every excuse to act out so they are justified in stepping out on you. There is no bigger ether, brehs and brehettes.
You quickly realize that you don't share that girl/guy. No, they aren't yours anymore. Someone is briefly sharing them with you.
Look at it like a crime. If you on your Minority Report game
With physical cheating, if you find out, that person is guilty, and you can
they committed a crime, it is done, and there is no going back. You can grant them clemency if you want and things can actually work out.With emotional cheating it is like Minority Report:It somewhat foretells what CAN happen if not nipped in the bud.
The thing is, everybody has physical needs, and you can 100% be in love and go tap something elsewhere. It is disrespectful, but relationships, especially by old heads, survive it all the time.
Emotional cheating is like a terminal disease. It gets worse. At first it is friendly. Then it is more connected. Then it is dependent. Your man or woman at first is sharing the bad times with someone else behind your back. Next, they are sharing the good times as well, and denying you that information. Then you get the cold shoulder.
There is plausible deniability, in that they can say "They are just a friend" and if you real with them, you can give them the benefit of the doubt or end it. Eventually their love for someone else becomes apathy for you. Your flowers are met with disinterest. Your dates are curved often for silly reasons. Your sex is brief and inhibited. All the while you FEEL something ain't right. They don't linger after you do something together. They glow when a timely text comes through...one that you can't read. And if you did read it, 99% of the time it is fairly innocent, but even a "I hope you are having a great night" from them gives your lover more delight than them actually hanging with you. There is nothing more soul burning than someone who won't cut you loose, but will give you every excuse to act out so they are justified in stepping out on you. There is no bigger ether, brehs and brehettes.
You quickly realize that you don't share that girl/guy. No, they aren't yours anymore. Someone is briefly sharing them with you.
