Emotional cheating 

Emotional cheating is hard to define because everyone has their own unique set of relationship boundaries. In general, if you have connected with another person emotionally, even within friendship form, while disconnecting with your partner at the same time, you’re crossing into emotional infidelity. An act of having feelings for somebody else while in a relationship. Often occurs when one partner is channeling emotional energy, time or attention to someone else than the person committed. To the point the partner feels neglected. Although, emotional cheating is whatever and however you want to define it as. And if your partner's connection with someone else makes you feel uneasy or upset, it is important to have a conversation to re-establish your boundaries.

“I heard jenna saying she heard her boyfriend was emotional cheating”

Emotional cheating by Your.Babe June 30, 2019

EMOTIONAL CHEATING 

An Act of Infidelity to gain an advantage over a partner that has formed trust or a commitment with cheater. Mostly going undetected by the uninvolved party and usually accomplished through lies of omission or commission. Typically, whether it is advertant or inadvertant, It can do emotional damage to the partner uninvolved. At times, more than physical cheating because sometimes physical cheating is just about the sexual relationship and not much else. emotional cheating is particularly hurtful because its two parties forming a bond that the uninvolved party don't know about or may have been misrepresented.

Yogi is such a whore, she was emotional cheating on Dee with Charlie, and acted like nothing was wrong because she wasn't fucking Charlie.

EMOTIONAL CHEATING by Duke1220 May 25, 2010

emotional cheating 

It's not a thing.
Or, breaking up with someone for the sole reason you dont like and/ or, they stress you out and the feelings are over.
A term used by a dumb ex.

"That's emotional cheating,"

emotional cheating by THIS IS A JOKE IM SORRY November 13, 2017