Emotional Infidelity
Found an interesting article. Thought I'd share it.
Many people in committed relationships aren't aware that an emotional affair can be equally as intense and destructive as a physical affair. The combination of more women in the workplace and the increasing use and availability of the Internet has created even greater opportunity for non-physical closeness. The Internet encourages emotional infidelity in people who may not otherwise be tempted to stray.
Men usually recognize an affair only if it becomes sexual. Since women connect love with emotional support, they generally feel more threatened by emotional affairs. Men and women enter the danger zone when they begin to exclude their significant other, keep aspects of their friendship secret and engage in deeply intimate or sensual conversations with a cyber friend.
If it's really just a friendship, your partner should be able to see/know about all your interactions. If it needs to be kept secret, then it becomes a potential threat.''
You may not cheat physically, but the fact that you are using energy, you are robbing your primary relationship of energy it needs.
The appeal of online affairs can serve as a signal that we need to rethink all aspects of our lives and determine what we can do to feel more `alive."
You may not cheat physically, but the fact that you are using energy, you are robbing your primary relationship of energy it needs.
2 Comments:
Ditto here for the "emotional infidelity". No comment for the physical. "wink"
Emotional infidelity.. guilty too. Physical..not yet but it crosses my mind a lot :)
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