Which type of cheating—emotional or physical—would hurt you more, and why? Do you think Indian cultural values or societal expectations influence how men and women perceive these forms of betrayal?

I [26M] was having a heartfelt conversation with my girlfriend [26F] during pillow talk, and the topic of past relationships and hypothetical situations came up. I asked her what she would find more devastating—emotional cheating or physical cheating. She told me she couldn’t choose; both would hurt her equally. She then turned the question back to me. I admitted that while any form of cheating would end our relationship without a doubt, I’d feel more emotionally broken by physical cheating. She wasn’t surprised by my answer and said that many men feel that way. But she also mentioned that for some women, emotional cheating can be even harder to get over. This made me wonder—do men and women process different types of betrayal differently? While I know both hurt deeply and there’s no universal measure for pain, I wanted to ask everyone here: which type of cheating would you find harder to recover from My post is only for monogamous relationships