Emotional vs Physical Cheating.

[leafguy]

Is one worse than the other and why? Is one easier to forgive and why?

 

As being victim to an emotional affair I am curious to see everyone's responses are.

 

Ive been physically cheated on once in a serious relationship and could not forgive.

 

Yet, with the recent emotional affair I find myself thinking more about forgiving for a second chance because it wasn't physical. It likely would have lead there eventually, so it seems worse in my eyes. Yet it feels easier to forgive.

 

Im aware I sound hypocritical, but the thought of someone physically being with someone you are with feels more dirty that simply one being emotionally attached.

 

Anyone provide their input? Greatly appreciated as I am just over a week with no contact and she has been reaching out in various ways since the break up. Emails, texts, showed up crying at my house with just my parents home to give a gift of apology.

[Suave]

Emotional can be worse in many instances.

 

Whereas physical might just be the odd encounter here and there, emotional bonds that have been developing behind the scenes for a long time when you are dating someone can hurt a lot more. Someone else is doing your job for you and you don't even know until it's too late.

 

Also, physical cheating can be as simple as one too many drinks during a night out on the town. It's impossible to "accidentally" cheat emotionally. They know exactly what they're doing and that's what can twist the knife in so deeply.

Edited June 24, 2013 by Suave

[Silly_Girl]

If I was FORCED to choose between them, I'd rather deal with physical than emotional infidelity. Without question.

[kamani]

Physical+emotional cheating is the most painful.

 

I was cheated on purely physically by my husband for a few years, and by no means the discovery was less painful.

 

However people tend to forgive more for emotional cheating than physical ones, as physical cheating includes very clean boundaries.

[therhythm]

I really think both are pretty bad but most men are more visual and would take much worse the physical affair than the emotional and most women are more emotional and would take much worse an emotional affair that if it was just a sexual fling (that is my experience anyway )