Micro Cheating: What It Is and How to Address It in Your Relationship

In the world of online communication, honesty between partners is becoming blurry, giving room to micro-cheating. But what exactly is micro-cheating, and how does it impact your relationship?

Here we will be sharing what micro-cheating is and how to deal with it.

Micro-cheating is related to small actions people take while in a relationship that spoil the intimacy in your relationship. These actions sometimes include having secretive chats or emotionally intimate interactions with someone you are not in a relationship with. Here are some common examples of micro cheating:

Flirting Online

Keeping Secrets

Constantly Checking Someone's Social Media

Emotional Affairs

Sending Heartfelt Messages to someone else

Breaks your trust: Even small secrets can create a lack of trust between you and your partner.

Creates Insecurity in You: Knowing your partner is emotionally invested and interested in someone else can lead to feelings of incompetency and jealousy.

Damages your intimacy: Emotional connections outside the relationship can take away the intimacy you share with your partner.

Recognize and acknowledge micro-cheating and if you feel your partner is engaging with someone else, then try to communicate with them with empathy and openly.

Communicate openly and have an honest conversation with your partner about your feelings and concerns.

Set clear boundaries. Every relationship has boundaries. Carefully discuss which behaviors are acceptable and which are not.

Build Trust Share your feelings regularly and keep lines of communication open.

Make your relationship stronger by spending quality time together and showing appreciation for one another.