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You bet there is. Emotional cheating can be just as devastating if not more so than sexual cheating.
Sexual cheating is exciting but doesn't necessarily involve any emotional bonds. Emotional cheating is more destructive and leaves a man or a woman with deeper feelings of betrayal.

Although there may be no physical contact, When two people start sharing intimate details of their lives they begin to form a bond. They tell their problems to each other and share secrets that they they are not sharing with their partners. They believe that they understand each other on a deeper level and they have a connection that is lacking with their current partners. They delude themselves into believing that they are just good friends and yet deep down they feel guilty because they know that it means far more than a regular friendship would.

when someone has been emotionally cheated on, they find it much harder to deal with because the betrayal is so personal. For example; A woman may agonize over why her husband couldn't confide in her. She may blame herself for not being emotionally available to him. Just the thought that he may have confided to his friend about her personal habits, sex life and their relationship issues causes deep pain and betrayal.

When someone is emotionally cheating there is the same secrecy involved as someone who is having a sexual affair. As the two people are drawn closer together an underlying sexual attraction will develop. For some people an emotional affair can be just as exciting and flirtatious as a physical affair. In other words - just as good as sex.

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