Emotional cheating happens when you:

* Discuss your partner and relationships with your “friend.” You share your fears, hopes, and dreams (this is emotional intimacy).
* Meet your “friend” for dinner or lunch without telling your partner.
* Keep your computer, files, and internet sites password-protected.
* Hide or are secretive about your life, relationships, and activities.
* Keep your partner waiting while you spend time with your “friend.”
* Stay in regular, intimate contact with ex-boyfriends or ex-girlfriends. Emotional cheating can spring from close relationships with past lovers.


It's sad that this thing is quite common now, people do that without even realizing that they are doing something wrong.