Signs of an emotional affair
Signs of an emotional affair include developing non-sexual emotional intimacy with a person who is not your spouse. When engaging in an emotional affair, a person will likely conceal it from their partner and may resort to dishonesty to keep the relationship a secret. In most cases, an emotional affair begins as an innocent friendship. However, if someone devotes a lot of time and emotional energy to a close friendship outside of their marriage, there’s a chance that the relationship will develop into an emotional attachment that ends up endangering and harming the person’s intimacy and trust with their spouse. Because there is no sexual component at this stage of the relationship, many people believe that having an emotional affair is okay. But most of us accurately understand that this is a form of infidelity. Additionally, emotional affairs can serve as a springboard to sexual infidelity. For most spouses, being duped, betrayed, and lied to is the most painful aspect of their part...