This 24-year-old woman and her Boyfriend, who is 29, have been dating for nearly four years. But, back in August, her boyfriend reconnected with a female childhood friend, and they have been texting every day ever since.

It isn’t just the texting that has made her become insecure in their Relationship, either. Apparently, her boyfriend also did certain “things” with his friend at the party that made her downright uncomfortable.

Not to mention, whenever she tried to broach the topic, her boyfriend would shrug it off and refuse to talk about his friend.

“When I brought his friend up, instead of reassurance, all I got was a, ‘Don’t worry about her, she’s just a friend, she lives on the other side of the world, and I probably won’t see her again,'” she recalled.

Still, she kept trying, and the third time she tried to have this conversation with her boyfriend, she admitted that she could not trust anyone– in this case, his friend– if she didn’t know them.

This did help her boyfriend open up more, and he revealed how he and his friend vent about their relationships with each other.

This honestly took her by surprise, though, since she had no clue her boyfriend felt that there were problems in their relationship.

“I thought he would come to me first or at least talk about it,” she said.

So, she wound up asking to see the texts between her boyfriend and his friend, but he turned her down– saying that wouldn’t be a good idea.

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Then, the real kicker came. Her boyfriend claimed that, after sharing his “problems,” his friend suggested that they take a break from their relationship. And he did.

“Whatever he told her was bad enough for her to suggest a break,” she vented.

That’s why she now feels as though her boyfriend’s relationship with his childhood friend counts as Emotional Cheating. To her, it feels like he has developed a deep yet “superficial” emotional connection and is allowing his emotional needs to get met by his friend instead of her– his girlfriend.

Yet, back when they first met, her boyfriend claimed to despise cheaters. In fact, one of his past relationships even ended after his ex cheated on him.

“And I’ve asked him before if emotional cheating counts as cheating, and he said yes,” she added.

Still, she knows that if she accuses him of being a cheater, her boyfriend will be deeply hurt. So now, she’s not sure whether being honest about feeling like her boyfriend cheated on her would be the right thing to do or not.

How would you feel if your boyfriend talked to another woman about your “relationship problems” instead of you? Does this sound like emotional cheating or not? What should she do in this situation?

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