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Monday, August 16, 2010

Emotional Infidelity

Any way you look at it. cheating is a good way to ruin a relationship. Often, when one partner cheats on the other, trust is lost and there is little chance of regaining it. This is likely not news to anyone, but there is more than one category of cheating.

First, there is sexual cheating, where the man feels no emotional connection with the woman and is basically only interested in her for sexual purposes and the excitement that sleeping with her may offer.The second type of cheating is emotional, where a man finds himself becoming emotionally connected to another woman. He may greatly enjoy her company, talking to her, and sharing his concerns and thoughts about life with her. He will begin to feel as though he would rather spend his spare time with her than with his girlfriend or wife.

Emotional cheating is the type of cheating that most women find more destructive for their relationship. Women know that there are many other attractive women out there and that men are very visually stimulated by nature. Not that this condones sexual cheating, but it is well known that some men have a hard time controlling their sexual desires.The situation is more hurtful to a woman when her partner finds someone else whose personality he enjoys more. She often sees this as a sign that she no longer is interesting to him and that she is not fulfilling his emotional needs.

I would argue that emotional cheating is probably the most unforgivable of all unfaithful acts. Flirting, texting, sexting, etc. are all gateways to the land of emotional infidelity and should be avoided at all costs. Physical/Sexual infidelity is an awful act but can be forgiven if shown true remorse, but emotional cheating is not only unforgivable in her eyes, but should be a red flag for both a man and woman as the relationship is just not meant to be...

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