Did you know that emotional affairs actually have a lower rate of recovery than normal, physical affairs do? That’s right, if your spouse is committing emotional infidelity with another person, your relationship is less likely to ever return to the way it once was.
But wait! I don’t want you to despair…Where there’s a will, there’s a way, right? But before I can tell you more about how to catch or heal from an emotional affair, we first need to understand exactly what it is that distinguishes an emotional affair from a physical one.
And that’s really the question, isn’t it?
What IS an Emotional Affair?
An emotional affair is, to put it bluntly, when your husband or wife crosses the threshold of loving someone besides you.
As soon as they conscientiously admit to themselves that they LOVE someone that’s not you, then congratulations…
You’ve got yourself an emotional affair.
What an Emotional Affair is NOT
What’s unique about emotional cheating is that about 50% (or more) of the time, there will be absolutely NO sexual intercourse between the two cheating persons. As you might have guessed, this is the primary difference between a normal affair and a purely emotional one.
I know, crazy right?
Very often emotional infidelity will become overwhelming to your spouse, and this is how you’ll be able to tell something’s up…They’ll always be in their own little world, debating who they should stay with.
What You Need to Know About Men/Women in These Affairs
Basically, one of the biggest differences between men and women in normal affairs and men and women in emotional affairs is that when involved emotionally with someone else, your spouse will spend much more time gazing off into space, and that type of thing. Day dreaming, if you will.
Many times a spouse who’s cheating on their partner will justify it to themselves by saying…”Oh, it’s just sex, it’s totally meaningless so I’m not doing anything that wrong, right?”
Of course, this thinking is totally deluded, but none the less…Emotional cheaters have no such luxury.
There is not justification for falling in love with another woman or man. Your spouse knows that, and they will spend a great deal of time trying to identify exactly what the RIGHT thing for them to do is.
I know, it’s kind of twisted, isn’t it? That the men and women who are actually having sex don’t become guilty, but the ones who abstain physically but not emotionally don’t.
Of course, I’m sure you’ll run into the odd man out every now and then, but the general pattern remains.
What you should take away from this article is that there’s more than just one type of affair…Emotional infidelity is no joke, and many times it’s actually more devastating than a physical affair.
