Dating, Decoded:

Micro-cheating

What is micro-cheating? The small behaviors that blur the line, explained.

Micro-cheating covers small, technically-not-cheating behaviors that still cross an emotional line — a secret flirty group chat, keeping an ex's number "just in case," getting an emotional high from someone outside the relationship you wouldn't want your partner to see. It's genuinely subjective. The useful question isn't whether something fits a checklist, it's whether you'd be fine with your partner seeing it.

See: Red Flag