Emotional affairs involve no physical contact whatsoever between the person having the affair and another person or thing. Instead, they focus on a relationship built on trust and respect. Physical affairs often lead to emotional affairs as each partner needs something different from their spouse/partner. If you're not getting what you need emotionally from your spouse, it's easy for an emotional affair to happen. Someone who has been physically intimate with their partner but who feels rejected or unimportant will often find comfort in an emotional affair. The other person doesn't have to feel the same way about you to be useful to you though; someone who cares about your feelings will do anything they can to make you happy. Emotional affairs can sometimes lead to physical affairs if one partner wants to prove themselves to you emotionally rather than physically. For example, if your husband/wife has an emotional affair and refuses to get help from a therapist or take any other kind of action to resolve their issues, then they are putting their own needs before yours. When this happens, it can be hard for them to give their marriage the time and attention it needs.