- Secret Messaging: When you secretly message someone, keeping the conversations hidden from your partner.
- Venting About Your Partner: Talking negatively about your partner to others behind their back.
- Attractive Friendships: Seeking friendships with people you find attractive.
- Staying in Touch with Exes: Maintaining contact with exes or people you used to flirt with.
- Lying About Relationship Status: Misrepresenting your relationship status both online and offline.
- Being Overly Touchy: Engaging in excessive physical contact with someone who isn’t your partner.
- Engaging on Social Media: Liking and commenting on social media posts from someone your partner feels uneasy about.
- Impressing Others: Trying to impress someone other than your partner.
- Secretive Friendships: Having a friendship that you keep hidden from your partner.
Checking Up on Others: Constantly checking up on someone you find attractive.
Liking and Commenting: Always liking and commenting on someone’s photos.
- Leaning on Others: Relying on someone else for emotional support when your relationship hits a rough patch.
- Daydreaming: Fantasizing about someone you have a crush on.
- Close Opposite-Sex Friendships: Maintaining a very close friendship with someone of the opposite sex while in a committed relationship.
Micro-cheating involves subtle behaviors that can undermine trust and intimacy in a relationship. Recognizing these signs is crucial to maintaining a healthy and honest connection with your partner.