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How Microcheating Could Kill Your Relationship

IT’S THE LITTLE THINGS

You may not be having an affair, but experts say things like lying about your relationship status, removing your wedding ring, or flirting can fatally undermine your relationship.

Microcheating is a relationship buzz phrase
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Ari Paez, 29, had been dating her boyfriend Jake* (not his real name) for about six months but had increasingly grown suspicious of his interactions with his ex-girlfriend.

“I would see her name pop up on his phone quite often,” she says.

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