I'm Second Place in My Own Marriage
"I admit I lied to her and to you, but I never slept with her."
I stopped mid-motion and slowly looked up at him. "So what? You think as long as you didn't sleep with her, it doesn't count as betrayal?"
Lionel's face instantly crumpled.
I looked at him and said emphatically, "You never slept with her, but you memorized how she takes her coffee, where she likes to walk, and every offhand thing she ever said.
"You gave her all the patience, affection, and passion that should have been mine. Lionel, to me, there's no difference between physical infidelity and emotional infidelity."