What counts as “micro-cheating” nowadays? Wrong question. Getting caught up in behavioral definitions of infidelity— virtual sex? texting? Pics exchange? porn? – fascinates the moralists but doesn’t help couples’ recoveries: The issue is whether either partner both perceives abandonment or rejection, and cannot regain feeling emotionally connected. A good couples therapist will know the absence of micro-cheating is not what makes a happy relationship; the presence of emotional connection does.

https://www.womenshealthmag.com/sex-and-love/microcheating-are-you-guilty-of-infidelity