Emotional vs. Physical Cheating: Which one is worse?

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Comment by Ronald on January 10, 2009 at 9:12am: Emotinal cheating is worst because it's mental abuse. and that could damage a person for life depending how deep the relationship. Now physical that is somethig that comes and goes it's temporary

Comment by Tiana on January 6, 2009 at 8:53pm: no such thing as emotional cheating

Comment by 1Blaquote on January 5, 2009 at 8:40am: Cheating is cheating...The hurt is still the same!

Comment by IAM Tyfereth We R Friends! 4Ever on January 4, 2009 at 3:47am: Cheating may be perceived differently by individuals. For me cheating is when mutual pre-set boundaries or commitments have been broken, or erased, by one of the parties. It really does not matter if the cheating is emotional or physical. Any act that goes beyond the expected boundaries and/or commitments will cause conflict.

Comment by Jessica Blake on January 2, 2009 at 7:42pm: Emotional is worse! Emotional cheating means the relationship is OVER!! SUCK IT UP and MOVE ON!!!

Comment by Andre Smith on January 2, 2009 at 5:48pm: For me the physical is far worst. You will always have that picture or video playing in your mind of you wife, girl, boyfriend or whoever getting it on with someone else.

Comment by L on December 31, 2008 at 3:00pm: I think they both carry equal weight. The physical cheating angers you and can send you running to the doctor's office;, it can make you do a "Jasmine Sullivan" (not that I advocate such behavior, but it does happen)--especially if you both were supposed to be in a committed and monogamous relationship and/or married. That type of violation is a blunt slap in the face. Not only is your relationship shaky at best, but your health is at risk as well, and the bed and body you shared with your loved one is now violated. With all those things in mind, that kind of betrayal can really be hard to get past.

The emotional cheating can be just as painful, but a different kind of pain. When this occurs, the injured party can often needlessly second guess themselves. Some of the questions they might ask may be, "Wasn't I enough", or didn't what I had to offer not suffice"? Many times, in both cases, the injured party was not to blame. The guilty party may have issues that he or she need to deal with and uses cheating as a way to self medicate. Nonetheless, cheating is cheating, and it hurts. If everyone involved in a relationship would adhere to the golden rule, then there would be a lot less cheating and heartache.

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Comment by Lifetime on December 31, 2008 at 12:26pm: I believe there is a difference between physical and emotional cheating. It would be more hurtful to me if my mate cheated on me emotionally, because most times physical attraction is temporal and the physical cheating is temporal as well. Now emotional cheating is lasting and could form a long term relationship.

Comment by Tlisa19 on December 31, 2008 at 11:43am: Both cheating is cheating, and you know we women are very emotional so there you go.

Comment by Michelle on December 31, 2008 at 11:16am: while they are both unacceptable I believe that eventually the emotional cheating eventually leads to the physical cheating. Emotional is crazy because then they be done created a whole nother life with someone else on you. the other family 2 blocks away because they are now supposedly torn between two loves! whatever