How To Forgive Emotional Cheating

Learning how to forgive emotional cheating requires dedication to repairing the relationship that has been damaged. The emotional relationship causing the problem must be ended before any healing can take place. Once that relationship is over, both of you can begin to work on forgiveness.

1. Find out what the emotional relationship was giving your significant other that was lacking in your relationship. Sometimes it's simply intimacy or a sympathetic ear that the cheater seeks out in a different relationship. Whatever is lacking in your relationship, work to provide it to your partner.
2. Before you can forgive emotional cheating, there must be clear communication. You must make it clear to your partner that you want to work through the problem so that it doesn't happen again. An episode of emotional cheating can erode the trust that you have. To get that trust back and forgive emotional cheating, your partner has to understand why the cheating episode was wrong and how much it hurt your trust in your partner. Communicate openly about the episode and come to an understanding about what needs to be done to get the trust back.
   
3. Stay in communication about any intimacy issues that can lead to another cheating episode. If you are to really forgive emotional cheating, you need to know that it won't happen again. Having a system in place that requires each of you to tell the other when something is lacking in the relationship. This will allow you to head off any emotional infidelity before it happens.
4. See a relationship counselor. A competent counselor can often help you to communicate better in order to forgive emotional cheating for good. If you can let go of the anger you feel toward your partner, you can forgive emotional cheating and not let it taint the rest of your relationship.