Which is worse - your partner cheating physically or your partner not sleeping with anyone but being emotionally attached to another person?
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Worse is different from person to person. Prsonally, I would go with emotional cheating as being worse. Physical I could understand, forgive. In fact I would not really expect anything less, even though I know him and I doubt he would. But if he did it'd be ok and I would understand. But he promised he loved me, and if it was emotional cheating, that would be a lie. ANd I hate lies, I really do, especially where my heart is concerned. Mistakes happen, but emotional cheating is no mistake
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For me personally, emotional attachment. Physical cheating alone can be virtually meaningless, it doesn't always have any real attachment behind it. And I can forgive that, it's not exactly like I'm much good in that department. But emotional cheating is worse by far for me. Mostly because to me, the emotional closeness is the most important part of a relationship, and to go off and love someone else, to actually have your mind and heart focused on someone else like that, and especially to lie about it... That I can't forgive.
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I will predict that the majority of women who answer this question will feel that emotionally cheating is worse than physically cheating, and vice versa for men. This was studied many years ago, and (in general) women form physical relationships to support the emotional relationship that they already have, and men "grow into" an emotional relationship from a physical relationship. I know this is true for me, as I could absolutely forgive my wife for emotionally cheating, but I'm not sure I could for physically cheating.
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I would say that physical cheating is worse. Being attached to another individual might be difficult, but emotions aren't predictable or often controllable. However, if someone cares about you, the relationship, and integrity in general, they will not ACT on a feeling. That's where the difference lies.
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Emotional, because love is more emotional then physical and I want him to love me.
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IMO It's in the same catergory. He didn't sleep with someone else, so I think the actual physical cheating may be worse, but they are both cheating if you are having an emotional affair too. If I had to say one, it would be physically cheating with sex or sexual acts.
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In all honesty a sexual encounter or relationship is just that sex,.But an emotional relationship that isn't sexual to me is more threatening because the chance to be replaced or left is far greater when the heart is involved,.Sex for men is just that most of the time, even when it's with the person they love. But emotional attachment if far more dangerous.
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I think the emotional attachment would be worse for me. I'm fairly open in my relationships with regards to sex and physical stuff. For some people, it might be the other way round, but for me, that's how it is.
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I say emotional is worse because the person cares and is in love with the other person. If he was only sexual with them, then when they broke it off, he wouldnt still continuously think of her and want to be with her.
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emotionally cheating
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They are both deal breakers to me , unless that other person happens to be a woman, and I can either watch or participate with my wife and her, in whatever way they are involved. Then it would not be cheating, but rather, sharing.
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Emotional attachment is worse. Because when you lose a person's heart it never really comes back all of the way. Sex although bad, can be detached as a purely physical act, in fact there are sex addicts. But, emotional detachment is a serious situation.
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This is a difficult question. On the one hand you have flat out betrayal, physical cheating. That's a very bad thing for a relationship. On the other you have a person feeling emotions they may have no control over. It's hard to blame someone for having feelings, it's whether or not they act on them that makes the difference. I think as a partner of someone who is attached to someone else it would be difficult to want to continue. I might give it some time but ultimately if they couldn't commit fully I would rather let go of the relationship. Either way there it would be an issue. Ironicly I think it would be far easier to put an end to a relationship with a physical cheater... it's far more cut and dry. I guess I lean more towards the physical cheating as being worse but the emotionally attached partner would be harder to deal with emotionally.
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What's worse than both of those put together is when he or she trusts the person he or she is cheating with more than you.
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Which ever one he did - he wouldn't be with me anymore. I have a low tolerence for behaviour like that. If he physically cheats then he doesn't love me. If he is emotionally attached, then he is at the very least confused about his feelings for me, and I encourage him to go off, be on his own and work out who or what he wants.
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It doesn't really matter .... If my partner is being PHYSICAL with someone else; they are CHEATING on me .. and I'm kicking their azz to the curb ASAP .... If they are EMOTIONALLY tied to someone esle ; they might as well not be with me to begin with ; so again , we are BREAKING UP ... ASAP ... let them go be with the Other person ; if they are so emotionally attached.
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either one would be terrible. i would just walk away, either way he isnt ready to be in a serious relationship
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I think emotional cheating would be worse. Physical cheating is usually impusle and very often the person doesnt mean to do it. But forming a realationship with someone else is total betrayal. The problem is how do you define emotional betrayal? For me it would be my bf trusting another woman more then me, and wanting to spend more time with her.
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They are both pretty bad when it comes to your emotions. But as for me My partner being emotionally attached to another person would be worse then physically cheating. Physically cheating is just sex, thats it, most of the time its not even a romantic bond between the two. But being emotionally attached to somebody would mean hes confused between the two of you, and he is emotionally attached to somebody else. Meaning he is confiding and giving his heart to another woman. It would be a difficult thing to have to go through.
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Emotional cheating.
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Definitely your partner cheating physically is far more worse in my book!
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I have never been in the position either way but I put my partner in this position this past year and she told me that for her there was no difference. That if my heart was there so should my body be. Even after I had stopped the physical relationship she felt that the emotionally attachment was there and the pain has never left her eyes. Either way I have never been ever to forgive myself so I dont know how she could...so really does it matter they are both just bad. Take Care!
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