“You could be passionately in love with someone while you’re in a relationship with another,” claims Barrett. “A relationship is just a logical choice. Falling in love is involuntary. It’s an arrow to your heart — you can’t make it. This often takes place when your relationship is now a lot more of a relationship, and that means you fall in deep love with a person who re-ignites the dormant passion within you.”
That’s often how infidelity happens, too. “Oftentimes, a relationship that is long-term be such as a sibling relationship, and also the sexual connection fades in the event that couple don’t know how to ensure that it it is alive,” says Tessina. “That opens the door for dropping in love (or at the very least, lust) with somebody else.”
For a few people, looking for an outlet that is sexual where in actuality the cheating starts and comes to an end. For other people, it causes developing feelings that are real another, set up event is physically consummated.
“You may be in an emotionally cold or relationship that is distant within that you’ve opted for to close your heart, or never ever felt comfortable completely opening it to begin with,” claims House. “And you then meet an individual who enables you to feel safe, seen and sexy, sufficient reason for them you become vulnerable, genuine, emotionally connected and in love.”