2024-07-18 07:43:14
In today’s time, it has become very difficult to save and maintain relationships, especially when everyone has become so busy in their lives that their communication gap with their partners has increased. In such a situation, when the distance between two people starts increasing, the possibility of cheating increases.
But here by cheating we do not mean extra marital or physical affair, rather emotional affair is more dangerous than these. In which one mistake of yours can take your partner away from you and close to someone else. Therefore, today in this article we will tell you what an emotional affair is so that you can save your relationship in time, otherwise it may be too late.
What is an emotional affair?
As the name suggests, it is being emotionally attached to another person even after being in a relationship or married. This means that your partner stays with you but relies on someone else for emotional support and sharing of problems. This can be in the form of friendship, kindness or love and does not necessarily involve physical intimacy.
Why is it more dangerous than a physical affair?
It is human psychology that we look for our emotional support in someone or the other. In such a situation, if your partner feels lonely and feels that he is not being heard, then he chooses to go to someone else. In such a situation, the possibility of your partner moving away from you increases.
When a person seeks emotional connection outside of their relationship, it is like cheating on their partner. In most cases, emotional affairs lead to the breakdown of the relationship. Because emotional support is more important than physical needs for everyone, which can sometimes take a lot of effort to maintain.
How to identify if your partner is having an emotional affair?
When you feel that your partner is getting away from you and the conversations between you two are decreasing, it means that he is now spending his time somewhere else. Especially when your partner secretly has long conversations with a third person on the phone or on social media and hides all this from you.
This means that now someone else has become their emotional support. Apart from this, when your partner starts ignoring your feelings and needs and starts lying, then all these can be signs of an emotional affair.
How to stop your partner from having an emotional affair
It is very difficult to separate someone from the person with whom he/she is emotionally attached. But if there is a lot of understanding and love between you and your partner, then you can stop your partner from having an emotional affair. These are some ways with the help of which it can be stopped.
- Take out some time from your busy schedule every night for your partner and during that time, ask your partner about their day, talk openly about their feelings, needs and problems.
- Spend time with each other by going out together or by going on a long weekend once a month and spend romantic moments with them.
- Try to keep any third or extra person away from your life, especially those people who can create a rift in your relationship.