Yes

by Lucy Snowden

Created on: October 17, 2011

Emotional cheating is worse than physical cheating and yes it definitely is a reason to break up. As if cheating wasn’t bad enough in the first place, throw some emotions in there and you really do have a recipe for disaster. Cheating is never okay, as long as someone is in a relationship then they should be faithful to their partner regardless. However, it is a given that nobody is perfect and people do make mistakes. Mistakes can be forgiven, people can move on from regretful incidents but emotional affairs are harder to deal with and can leave a long trail of misery for everyone involved.

Are there certain limits with emotional cheating? Yes. I don’t think that admiring somebody from afar or having an odd feeling here and there is emotional cheating. I think that everybody at some time in their life looks at another human and feels something, regardless of if they are in a relationship or not. This is not cheating, this is simply human nature. Taking them feelings to the next level and displaying affection is when it turns into cheating. When somebody is with their partner but is thinking about somebody else or knows they are falling in love with another person then this is when a relationship has to end, the innocent partner simply deserves better and by staying together no favours are being done to anyone.

Breaking up is hard to do but in this case it is essential. Everybody deserves the best out of their relationships, to feel the best they can possibly feel and to be treated in the most respectful way they can. Nobody deserves to go through the pain of hearing that the person they love loves somebody else but in the long run, it will only benefit them. Emotional cheating cannot be confused with lust, if someone knows this and knows that what they feel is more than just lust then they need to speak up, for the sake of their partner but just as importantly themselves, no one can live a lie and who would want to?

Everyone knows that trust is the key element to making any relationship work. The road of trust may not be smooth and no one will ever forget the obstacles. Some obstacles are just too difficult to overcome, would you want to spend the rest of your relationship wondering what the other person is feeling or thinking? To be in a serious relationship that is going to work means that both people have to feel exactly the same way and want to be with the other person the same amount. Nobody should have to settle for second best so I think that it should be known that emotional cheating is worse than having a physical affair. If you are not all that your partner sees then move on, find someone who would never have any room in their heart for anyone else other than you, because that is what you deserve.

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