Marital Infidelity – Are Cyberaffairs Infidelity? Are Internet Relationships Cheating?
Cyberaffairs seems to have evolved as the descriptive term for online affairs, cyber-affairs, online flirtations, or online sex talk. Is it infidelity? Cyberaffairs, which encompasses all the above descriptors, is an online emotional (or sexual) affair when there is no physical contact between the participants. Regardless of the terminology that you use, online affairs are not just online friendships. They are relationships that are, or have become inappropriate. Even though the two people involved have never met in real life, it can be extremely damaging to a marriage or a committed relationship. Marriage has at its core an intimate bond that involves trust, acceptance, commitment, mutual respect, and love. Affairs, cyber or otherwise, tears at the very fiber of this bond. Marriage takes a lot of effort. It is hard work. It takes time and emotional energy to stay attached to your partner in a hectic, hard-paced world. It takes a lot of patience and kindness to listen to same complaint
