Emotional
Affairs- Sexless Cheating
By Laura
Giles,
One of
the first things a woman will ask when she discovers her partner
has had an affair is, “Did you love her.” If you doubt that affairs
without sex are affairs, ask yourself if you would rather hear that
the relationship was just about sex or that your spouse had an
emotional connection to his lover.
You know
it’s an affair if the relationship is a secret and you share things
or do things with the other person that you wouldn’t want your
partner to know about.
Emotional affairs are often explained away as harmless, but
this is how affairs often start. The person doing the cheating
often doesn’t feel he is vulnerable to an affair, isn’t looking for
an affair, and doesn’t particularly want to have an affair, but
sharing feelings, secrets, goals, and problems with someone who
understands and listens creates intimacy. This can stimulate more
sharing and further deepening of feelings, which can lead to
falling in love and physical intimacy.
Most
people say it’s easier to heal from physical betrayal than an
emotional one, so sexless cheating is not a “harmless” dalliance.
It can be a heartbreaker. If you are doing something you wouldn’t
do in the presence of your spouse, stop. That’s the best way to
know if your behavior is appropriate or not.
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