Emotional Cheating? Has it ever happened to you?

Yup, tried to get them back, worked for a little while, but she wasn't willing to completely come halfway, the spoiled brat that she was, and she ended just going back to her old routine. I then naturally emotionally cheated as well as people need emotional affection, and realized it was time to call it quits - I wish I had done it sooner. Cheers

Yes, I caught my wife in an emotional affair. At the time I thought it was physical too. I was upset very and wanted to work things out because of children. I since have had a physical affair and emotional one as well. At the time it was to get mine and in my mind save face. She has not found out. We are still together, and I love her very much. Our sexual activity has about disappeared. I think some of the problem is guilt on her part.

Emotionally cheated, yes I have and it was also sexual with the same sex as he. He wanted me to accept his down low lifestyle and it really hurt me to the point that I wanted to hurt him physically. I've bee separated and divorced now for three years. At the time of my separation it made me look at men differently, I was angry, and scared all at the same time. I did not have any children with this man, which I am grateful. He even had the nerve to bring his lover to church. How bold.

My partner cheated on me physically and emotionally. Let me explain; we were not spending a lot of fun time together (we were basically sharing space, but barely talking and just co-existing). So when he cheated, he slept with another girl, but he also spent "fun time" with her. He did things like going to watch her play tennis and taking a trip to a little town by the beach together. In many ways, this sort of thing hurt me more than the physical stuff.

However, that was three years ago, we are still together and nothing like that has ever happened since. We spent some time apart and really analyzed why it happened, and have worked very hard on putting things back together. It's not perfect now, but we have come light years past where we were.

For us, we had just stopped appreciating each other. We didn't take time to be together or tell each other how we felt. Now we do that regularly. Also, after the affair, he agreed to let me check his phone and email for as long as it took to trust him again. That was very important for me. He was willing to be completely open about all his activities until I could repair the trust.

I did want to know all the details, but let me tell you that it's self-destructive and painful and I recommend that you try to put it in the past as much as you can. The only details that are relevant are the ones that help you understand why it happened.

I wish you all the luck and goodwill in your situation. I hope it works out the best way for you to be happy. I know what you're going through.