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A Power Point presentation offering tips and suggestions on dealing with emotional affairs
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Emotional Affairs
More Hurtful Than You Think
www.emotionalaffairssite.com
What Is An Emotional Affair?
Not easy to define
May not be physical
Usually deep intimate connection
Certain degree of intensity
Often called emotional affairs
No less challenging than physical affair
What Constitutes Emotional Cheating?
Ask yourself these questions• Is the extent of the relationship concealed
from you, or is it transparent?• Does your spouse feel “special” with the
other person but not with you?
Emotional Affairs vs Friendship
In some way, to the cheater it feels “wrong”
They know that communicating with another on this personal intimate level is not acceptable
This is why they conceal the truth
Emotional Affairs vs Friendship
When pushed, they may even defend the behavior “its ok to have a best friend of the opposite sex”
Emotional Affairs Reactions
When discovering your spouse is engaged in an emotional affair, you may feel one or more of the following:
• Guilt: You may feel as if you’ve broken your partner’s trust by crossing a line of privacy and “snooping” into a personal account
• Sadness: Your husband or wife is sharing a close connection with someone other than you.
Emotional Affairs Reactions
• Anger: Your partner is investing effort into another relationship when it’s your own marriage that needs work.
• Neglect: It can highlight the fact that you and your partner no longer share intimate details, only trivialities such as what the kids did or what to put on the grocery list.
Emotional Affairs Reactions
• Defensive: You may shut down or become protective because your partner has pounced on you for going through his or her “private business.”
Where To Go From Here?
There is hope, you can rebuild your marriage and start the healing process
To start the process with a free step by step course made especially for you, visitwww.emotionalaffairssite.com