Micro-cheating relates to behaviours which are considered inappropriate to the fidelity of your romantic partnership. ... The list is not exhaustive, but the following are actions can be considered as micro-cheating: Virtual flirting (for example adding heart eyes in the comment box of a sexy Instagram photo)

Is sending heart eyes cheating?

According to Dr Martin Graff, a reader of psychology at the University of South Wales who coined the term, “micro-cheating” is a category of infidelity that spans online flirtations, from posting the heart-eyes emoji on a picture, to privately messaging a former lover.

Is commenting on other girls Instagram cheating?

If your boyfriend's moral compass says that leaving comments on the Instagram accounts of other women doesn't count as cheating, that's up to him. He's allowed to have his own sense of what feels right and what feels wrong.