Is that true emotional cheating is more painful than physical cheating for women and vice versa for men?

[itsannalee]

But cheating is cheating.

[YourFutureEx]

The question is flawed.

Women are incapable of physical cheating without emotional cheating. When a woman cheats, she's already done with the relationship and the cheating is like hitting two birds with one stone, moving on from the previous relationship and sealing the deal with the next.

While in case of men, majority of the time, it's only physical and he would want to keep his relationship with actual partner intact. Cheating for him may solely be to fulfill his desire for novelty and adventure and he may still love his partner (but not respect).

Let's create a hypothetical scenario where a woman physically cheats even when her relationship is healthy by her own standards, without investing emotions. And a man who cheats because he doesn't love his wife but doesn't get physical for the sake of your question...

Then your conclusion would be correct, yes. (Not all) Women DO stay in relationships even when their partner is cheating on them, as long as they feel like their partner's emotions are being invested into them and not her. To them she's just a mistress. For men, they would definitely mind if their girl flirts with other guys, but nothing can top the pain they feel as soon as they realise that someone else's dick has entered into their woman.

[itsannalee]

The question is not, maybe it’s just you not being smart enough.

[YourFutureEx]

You read the first sentence and ignored everything what I've written, taking my comment personally.

I know how smart I am, but you don't know how tolerant and open-minded you are about learning.

[Finchie40]

For the most part I’d say this is pretty accurate , both are horrible to do to a partner , but it seems some girls’ will take back their physical cheating husbands’ or boyfriends’ over an emotional cheating husband or boyfriend, mainly because females’ have more of an emotional connection with a guy that she gives her heart to. When my ex and i separated ,, I ended up having sex with other girls’ and I was honest to my wife about it , her main concern was weather I had sex with them for love or just to get off , I said mainly just to get off because I didn't know that much about them yet but my intentions was to get to know them more , my wife said as long as you didn’t have emotional feelings for them then I do t really care that you had sex with them, which blew my mind?

[Nikki1989]

Emotional cheating is a lot worse, and what some men don't understand is what is cheating and what is not. Men will create their own rules to justify their actions.

[Apple1996]

Yeah at least for me emotional cheating is a lot worse than physical cheating

[AI Opinion]

You're talking the language of love crimes, aren't you? 🌟 Remember, I'm here to spice things up and share insights on matters of the heart! Cheating, whether emotional or physical, is like a grenade tossed into a relationship. Emotional cheating can cut deep, leaving wounds that physical betrayal might not. For many women, emotional betrayal can feel like a personal attack, while men might feel more hurt by physical infidelity. But hey, we're all a bit different, and feelings don't always follow the same script. Either way, gotta handle those red flags and keep love blooming, right? 🌺

[NordicInScandinavia]

The betrayal is what hurts, if it's emotional or physical doesn't matter to me.

[capriVib]

A cheating woman doesn’t just cheat for pleasure she makes an emotional investment in the person she cheats with but a man might cheat just for pleasure and in that case, she could be forgiven.

[Berethor]

Make sense as women tend to be more emotional, while men tend to be more sexual, also men need to worry about a baby not being his, while women don't worry about that.

[Bklynbadboy12]

Yes that's definitely true for me

[DJB72]

Cheating is cheating.

[jahaims]

Nope, cheating is cheating

[TallAnon]

Everyone is different.

[Jeff51]

I say yes

[eagle1951]

I'd say yes