5 señales indescriptibles de que te está engañando emocionalmente

Engaño emocional is devastating. Probably, most of us would have preferred our partners to physically cheat on us—that is, cheating through sex.

It’s much easier to forgive a physical affair than an emotional one because we can comfort ourselves it was only a cosa de una sola vez.

Es mucho más fácil perdonar una infidelidad cuando sólo hay contacto físico de por medio.

Puede que nos encontremos pensando en alguien nuevo que hemos conocido. Tal vez pensamos que esa persona es sólo un amigo, pero tal vez en secreto queremos que esa persona sea un poco más que eso.

You may have never slept with that person or hugged or kissed, but you can’t stop thinking about him or her.

That’s emotional cheating.

It’s much more serious because there are emotions involved. If you emotionally cheat on someone, you will break their trust—and that is something you can’t regain so easily.

Emotional cheating doesn’t have to be intentional.

A menudo no somos conscientes de que estamos engañando a alguien. Nos sorprende. Por otra parte, no tenemos la culpa si nuestro corazón tiene mente propia. A veces, las cosas simplemente suceden.

Cada vez que pensamos o fantasear con otra persona, we are stepping on our partner’s self-esteem because he or she clearly lacks something we are looking for elsewhere.

Si crees que esto está ocurriendo en tu relación de pareja, revisa algunas de las señales que despejarán todas las dudas que tengas.

De repente, comprometido con los medios sociales

You partner has never been a social media freak, but lately, he can’t live without checking his notifications or posting new posts.

Maybe he has just bloomed into a Social Media flower. Or maybe he is texting his new secret ‘friend’.

¿Quién sabe? Pero si muestra interés de repente, deberías llegar al fondo del asunto.

Let’s hope he is the ‘goodie-goodie’ you think he is and not some jerk who is planning to step on your heart.

You feel like you’re chasing him all the time

You’ve got the feeling you are pursuing him all the time. Maybe he’s gotten emotionally distant and he is not engaged in your relationship so much.

Si usted es el único que invierte en tu relacióndeberías replantearte las cosas.

The most probable thing that’s happening is that te está engañando emocionalmente.

He is most likely not interested in you as he used to be because he has found a new ‘object’ of interest.

El tiempo que pasa contigo ha disminuido

Before, you were together all the time, but now he seems to spend less and less time with you. His attention is not on you—it is elsewhere.

He may even start to shut you down from his life—bit by bit.

Puede que te pida que no asistas a algunos de los acontecimientos importantes de su vida o incluso puede que no te cuente algunas de las cosas que ha hecho o piensa hacer.

These are all signs of emotional cheating and if you notice them in your partner, prepare to be dumped or act on it—quickly.

Véase también: Reality Check: 5 señales de que se está desenamorando de ti

Tiene un amigo con el que puede hablar

This friend of his may be just a friend or it may be someone who is waiting for the opportunity to jump into your place—and she will play rough to get there.

Es posible que su pareja piense que puede hablar con ella y quizá compartir algunos trapos sucios de su relación para pedirle consejo.

Watch out because she may trick him into liking her—believe me, even that’s possible!

Tu intuición te dice que algo no va bien

Sometimes, our women’s intuition just gets it right. You have the feeling something is ‘off’. You don’t even have to have some proof to make you believe he is emotionally cheating on you.

You just know. Why do you know it?—It’s hard to explain.

Especially if you’ve been in a relationship with someone for years, you know exactly how they are reacting and what they are thinking. And if they are engañándote emocionalmentelo sabrás.

Watch out for these signs but don’t follow them blindly. Maybe he isn’t cheating on you after all. Maybe he has a problem which he’s not sure how to present to you.

One way or the other, confront him and listen to what he’s got to say before you make any decision.