Emotional Intimacy: A Hidden Betrayal?

I didn't think this was cheating in the moment, but later I felt guilty.

My boyfriend works night shifts, so I'm alone most evenings. His best friend

started coming over to keep me company. We'd watch movies, talk for hours, nothing physical.

But one night, I told him things I'd never told my boyfriend. Deep fears,

childhood trauma, dreams I'd buried. He held my hand and just listened. When my boyfriend

got home that morning, he seemed like a stranger. I realized I'd given his best friend

the most intimate parts of me, the vulnerable pieces I'd been hiding. My boyfriend noticed

how close we'd gotten and asked if something happened. I said no, because technically