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If you have a "work wife" that you are always with, eat lunch with, laugh with and talk about everything with and she has a husband
Is this "cheating"?
and if it is why do so many women who got some dude to marry them carry on a seperate relationship with other guys?
just a question...consider it totally hypothetical
what does being married have to do with having relationships with other men? You can't have friends who are men? The only man you should be around to the ones you're sleeping with?
They're hard to get out of. And I say this as someone who is married that participated in emotional infidelity. It can be very, very, very hard to get out of. I'll never do that sh*t again though, I can tell you that much.
what does being married have to do with having relationships with other men? You can't have friends who are men? The only man you should be around to the ones you're sleeping with?
thanks, so fellas next time the wife starts tripping about your other women tell them they are just "friends" and leave it at that
stan, i guess the mention of the "work wife" example is not an issue because a married woman is the perpitrator
I have done quite a bit of reading about emotional cheating and learned that it can be just as devastating as physically cheating on someone.
If you are in a relationship and you are in love with someone who tells you they are "in love with" you although they are giving you mixed signals and have made it clear by their actions/lies that they are interested in one or more other people, than it is extremely confusing and heartbreaking. You want to believe them and hang onto the relationship and this kind of thing can go on and on for years until you realize that your whole relationship was based on lies. My last "serious" relationship my bf told me that he couldn't help staring at attractive women, and whenever he did he couldn't help wonder what it would be like to make love to them; however, he was "in love with" me. I believed him. We are living together as roommates now until I am financially able to get out on my own. Last week, after I came back after having coffee with a girlfriend for a couple of hours, I found a bra strap (one of those detachable ones that goes to a strapless bra) on the bathroom floor. It doesn't belong to me. He said it doesn't belong to him. He still claims to be "in love with" me.
LOL!
Been there, done that.
The whole premise is bizarre. A romantic relationship without sex... what the hell is that? If a man and woman like each other and have a romantic relationship, it will lead to sex given opportunity/time.
If you are in a relationship with someone don't you think you ought to have an understanding of what you each expect/want and what you would disapprove of? Be upfront and truthful when things get serious to avoid potential issues. If the other person violates your trust then a decision needs to be made on whether or not (and how) to move forward.
I remember a poll posted here where the question was: which is worse, having a romantic relationship without sex with someone else, or having a sexual relationship with someone else without romantic feelings? I think the almost unanimous answer was that the latter was worse.
Why do you think sexual cheating is worse?
At the very, absolute least, you don't knock someone up or get an STD from mentally cheating. Your partner in mental cheating doesn't key your car or call you at 2 a.m. threatening to tell all. The person with whom you mentally cheat doesn't have a seriously ticked-off spouse who wants words with you either.
At the very, absolute least, you don't knock someone up or get an STD from mentally cheating. Your partner in mental cheating doesn't key your car or call you at 2 a.m. threatening to tell all. The person with whom you mentally cheat doesn't have a seriously ticked-off spouse who wants words with you either.
Regarding the bolded part in pink...
I am a married female, and I would be ticked-off if my husband had an emotional affair with another female.
The whole premise is bizarre. A romantic relationship without sex... what the hell is that? If a man and woman like each other and have a romantic relationship, it will lead to sex given opportunity/time.
If you are in a relationship with someone don't you think you ought to have an understanding of what you each expect/want and what you would disapprove of? Be upfront and truthful when things get serious to avoid potential issues. If the other person violates your trust then a decision needs to be made on whether or not (and how) to move forward.
People who get into an emotional affair feel like sex is "messy". But relationships are messy, uncontrollable affairs. The emotional relationship is appealing initially because it gives an illusion of control. But in the end you just can't stop whatever feelings you've developed for the other party, and that's often worse than the consequences of sex.
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