Being in a relationship comes with many good feelings, but also with many problems. You won’t be always happy, but with the help of communication and maybe even counseling – if the issues are really bad – you and your partner can get right back on track.

But what can you do when your partner is cheating on you? Can you forgive that and behave like nothing ever happened? Today we’ll talk about this and we’ll also say that cheating doesn’t always mean having a secret relationship with another person or just having a one night stand.

If you want to know other ways your partner can cheat on you, then keep on reading!

1. Physical intimacy with another person

This is one of the worst, because it makes the partner who got cheated on become extremely self-conscious. There are many reasons why a person decides to cheat: problems in their relationship, feeling off, being desperate, not feeling close to the partner anymore, being drunk and the list can go on.

Of course none of these is an excuse for cheating, especially when it makes the other person feel awful. Being cheated on can destroy your self-confidence and your relationship.

2. Secret relationship

This is something that may seem like living a double-life. If you’ve seen the movie “The Other Woman” with Cameron Diaz, you know what I’m talking about. If you didn’t watch it, go ahead and do it!

A secret relationship means that your partner can also be somebody else’s partner. There is a quote which says that “The truth will always come out”, but if you suspect that your partner might have feelings for another person, it’s better to talk to them. You can wait until you have some clear signs that indicate you this, such as being distant, disconnected, not paying attention to you etc. But still, it’s best to always have good communication!

3. Having feelings for somebody else

This type of cheating is actually known as “emotional infidelity”, which means that your partner starts to develop feelings for another person. This is disloyalty and although there are people who think that it counts as cheating, there are also people who don’t consider this as being something bad, only if they don’t go further with their feelings.

4. Spending money secretly

This may come out as a surprise, but there are people who believe that if their partners are spending money without them knowing, it is actually considered as cheating. That’s because they tend to feel betrayed and they like to know about their partners’ needs. Also, spending money secretly can make people feel suspicious.

5. Scrolling through social media secretly

This can be a really tricky situation. Spending time stalking ex-partners, flirting with people on social media or on dating apps can easily make a person jealous. When it comes to ex-lovers it’s really bad, because it gives the idea that there are still feelings there. Stalking their pictures, their profiles and messaging them without the other partner knowing can be easily counted as cheating, especially if there’s a lot of talking or even meetups involved.

TAKEAWAY

Not all the people think of cheating the same way. For some of them, cheating only means having sexual encounters with somebody else, while for others cheating can vary. There is no recipe that can be used to eliminate the possibility of cheating, but like we’ve talked about several times already, communication is always the key!