(Part 3 of 3) (Continued from Part 2) Emotional Affairs In my first post, I talked about the reason for this series. In my second, I touched on healthy platonic friendships between the sexes (or, what emotional affairs aren’t). Finally, I’d like to talk about what emotional affairs are. My definition of an emotional affair […] Read more…
Emotional Infidelity
The Emotional Affair: What It Is, and Isn’t
[Harry was funny. But he was WRONG!] (Part 2 of 3) (Continued from Part 1) Platonic Friendships & Relationships Let’s touch first on platonic friendships and other types of relationships between the sexes that can be intimate and even affectionate, but are not meant to be romantic or sexual. Doctor-patient, professor-student, lawyer-client, and mentor-disciple are […] Read more…
The Emotional Affair: What It Is, and Isn’t
(Part 1 of 3) I’m a Christian woman. A feminist. And a person whose marriage ended in large part because of my ex-husband’s emotional affair with another woman. When I try to explain that last part to people, I generally get a lot of confused looks. “He had a what type of affair with another […] Read more…