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@LuLu Mom: This is not the first time I agree 100% with your posts. LOL.
Emotional hands down.
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I've experienced both types and the emotional cheating was way harder for me.
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I think physical. I place a lot of emphasis on physical touch and I am very picky about who I let touch me. My DH still teases me that we were friends for 6 months before I even hugged him goodbye. Both would be devastating, but the physical would be harder to forgive for me.
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Both. My best friend's husband cheated on her physically to the point of impregnating someone else during their marriage. His cheating devastated her even after she took him back for a year or so later. She's still recovering as they've been divorced for under a year now.
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Both! If physical is long term I don't see how emotions arent tied up in it. I'd take one "accidental" night of sex vs long term emotional affair if I had to choose, but I don't think i would ever get over either.
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I really don't know. I doubt I'd be able to forgive either!
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I think both would hurt me and I don't know if I could ever get past either....
I hope your friend is ok, awful!!!
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Both would suck, but emotional would weigh on me heavily and take so much more to overcome, if at all even possible.
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With the ex, he did both. For some reason, the emotional was worse. He physically cheated a couple times and I got over it pretty quickly. The texting and long phone conversations with another girl were too much to get over. He finally ended up hooking up with her after a few months of "connecting". I think emotional will eventually lead to physical while physical can be just that.
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Gah, I don't know how to separate the two, I would just be so devastated.
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I wouldn't be able to deal with either type of cheating.
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Both would be devastatingly horrible, but I would say physical. I feel like it is such a deep betrayal to make that choice and physically take action. It feels more selfish.
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I think both would be hard.
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Emotional, they are talking to someone else about their lives instead of you.
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Ouch. They would both gut me. I really can't say. I think I could forgive a random drunken kiss a lot easier than a long term emotional affair. But... if it was a more intimate physical cheating situation, I'm not sure I could move past that.
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Emotional would be worse.
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@dc yoga bee: Agreed!
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@wonderstruck: LMAO at your missing arm comment. So true! I know I'd be complaining left and right if I all of the sudden had to be efficient using my left hand. Unless you're ambidextrous...
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I think it would be hardest to find out that he was no longer in love with me, regardless of the type of affair. I could forgive either one if i trusted that he was still in love and devoted to making things right again. No one is perfect.
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From experience - They're both awful but emotional was personally worse.
Physical can be explained away as "meaning nothing" but that stings because why would someone who loves you hurt you for nothing?
Emotional weighs heavier because you know the person has been/is on your SO's mind even when you're with them. They can physically cut contact with the person but when it's emotional, that connection is still there.
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@Modern Daisy: you make a great point!
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@Modern Daisy: Exactly. @BandMommy: The best thing you can do is assure your friend that it's ok to forgive him if she so chooses to. It's not easy, it takes a long time, and a lot of work, but if she has reassurance that she isn't making a mistake it will mean the world to her.
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Physical
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@StbHisMrs: I told her she needs to think about her and her happiness. It's her choice what she wants to do and I support her no matter what she chooses.
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I guess I equate physical/sex to emotions - so to me, that's as equally damaging as emotional.
I know people will say men are different... but you don't just ACCIDENTALLY have a physical affair - there's thought behind it.
I'm so sorry for your friend.
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Both would be absolutely heartbreaking!
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