Is emotional cheating a real thing?

Married At First Sight is like a scab I can’t stop picking. So many issues were brought up this season.

Strangers sidle up to me in the line at Woolies and whisper for information about Sarah and Telv like I’m a dealer handing out crack.

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But one topic that people keep asking me about certainly divided the country.

Dean and Davina didn’t bump uglies, they didn’t even kiss, so was it an affair? 

Is emotional cheating a real thing?

Dean and Davina clearly didn’t think they did anything wrong because they didn’t kiss or have sex. Ryan and Tracey thought differently.

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In fact, at the commitment ceremony the whole room saw emotional cheating as completely the same as full-on cheating.

I agree. But I was still surprised by the reactions.

To me sharing secrets and dreams is just as bad as sharing bodily fluids.

But I hear from my (mostly male) mates that if there was no touch - then no foul.

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The 9Honey Superstars had a lot to say on this topic in the video above.