I have heard about cheating but what is this micro cheating? Another word added to the dictionary of relationships

Ananya Shroff
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Whether someone's love story makes headlines or not, the news of betrayal spreads first. So and so cheated on that girl or that girl cheated on my friend. In today's era, i.e. in the era of Gen Z, you will find many such words that define every stage and category of a relationship.

Along with situationship, benching, cuffing and cushioning, now another new word has been added to the dictionary of relationships, micro cheating. It sounds like the name of a science book. As soon as you hear the name, you must be wondering what its meaning is and what kind of a way is this to cheat your partner. So let us tell you what micro cheating is.

What is micro cheating?

This is a way of doing it without crossing the limits of cheating. Did you find this a bit weird to read? Let us explain it to you in simple terms in detail. Micro cheating is cheating in any relationship through small things, but it does not involve having physical relations with a third person. Still, these are the things that are similar to cheating for the person who feels cheated.

How to know if your partner is micro cheating?

If your partner talks romantically to a third person without telling you, then it is called micro cheating. Also, if someone talks to their ex without telling their current partner or hides their relationship with their partner on dating apps and social media despite being in a relationship, then that is also called micro cheating.

How micro cheating affects a relationship

How micro cheating affects a relationship

Even though micro cheating is not outright cheating, it can play a major role in ruining a relationship. Intentionally or unintentionally, talking less and spending less time with your partner can reduce the trust in your relationship and bring it to the brink of ending.

How to improve your micro cheating habit

How to improve your micro cheating habit

If you are also micro cheating your partner somewhere, but want to save your relationship, then from today itself stop talking to useless people and talk to your partner in the same loving way that you talk to others. This will keep your full attention on your relationship and partner.


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