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Originally Posted by ratbastid
An "emotional affair" is what the "emotionally cheated-on" person calls their partner's close friendships when they want to use those friendships as a weapon in a fight, and yet come out of it looking like the victim.
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Eh, I disagree.
I feel I was emotionally cheated on when my husband was for all intents and purposes dating another woman while still living with me (during a weird "Separation but I'm not leaving yet (his position)" phase). I'm fairly certain he didn't physically cheat, but yeah, there was heat going on there, and obviously he didn't wait until the corpse was cold before jumping onto (not literally) another relationship.
I'd say that if you're keeping your interaction with them a secret from your SO, even if you're not physically involved, that's an emotional affair.