You've noticed that your wife is on the computer more often, or on her phone.
Is she emailing, chatting with, or texting friends, like she says she is? Or is it something more? Is one of your worst fears coming true? Or is your imagination just running wild? Is there any way to know if your wife is having an emotional affair with someone? What, exactly, IS an emotional affair? We all know what physical affairs are, but not everyone knows about emotional affairs.
Yes, they ARE as damaging as physical affairs.
They are just harder to prove.
What is the difference between friendship and an emotional affair? It is perfectly OK for a woman to have male friends, just as it is OK for a man to have female friends.
Members of the opposite sex CAN be just friends, although there is a fine line between friendship and something more.
When your wife talks to a friend, either male or female, does she tell you about it? If so, does she speak of this new 'friend'? When you ask who she's talking to, does she tell you who it is, or does she make excuses, or get defensive? Does your wife feel she has 'reason' to have an emotional affair? There is no excuse for an affair, whether emotional or physical.
Your wife obviously thinks that something is missing in your marriage.
She craves attention, or communication that she's not getting in the marriage.
When a spouse feels like their marriage is missing something, they look elsewhere to fill that gap.
That doesn't make it right, but that's what goes on in the cheater's mind.
What can you do if your wife IS having an emotional affair? When you are sure she is having an affair, and you want to save your marriage, think about what is going on (or NOT) in your marriage.
How often do the two of you talk? Talk about anything - the weather, work, family, TV, or anything you can think of.
Just talk.
When your wife talks, you have to LISTEN.
She knows when you are really listening, and when you are pretending to listen.
She needs you to listen.
Take some time to just be together.
Sit and watch TV together.
Have dinner together.
Read the newspaper together, or play a board game, or cards together.
Just do things TOGETHER.
Spend quality time together.
The more you can talk to your wife, and the more things that you can do with her, the more she will feel like she is still special in your eyes.
The more she feels this way, the less she will look elsewhere for the attention.
YOU are the one she wants, and when YOU give her the attention she craves, she will no longer look for it outside of the marriage.
Is she emailing, chatting with, or texting friends, like she says she is? Or is it something more? Is one of your worst fears coming true? Or is your imagination just running wild? Is there any way to know if your wife is having an emotional affair with someone? What, exactly, IS an emotional affair? We all know what physical affairs are, but not everyone knows about emotional affairs.
Yes, they ARE as damaging as physical affairs.
They are just harder to prove.
What is the difference between friendship and an emotional affair? It is perfectly OK for a woman to have male friends, just as it is OK for a man to have female friends.
Members of the opposite sex CAN be just friends, although there is a fine line between friendship and something more.
When your wife talks to a friend, either male or female, does she tell you about it? If so, does she speak of this new 'friend'? When you ask who she's talking to, does she tell you who it is, or does she make excuses, or get defensive? Does your wife feel she has 'reason' to have an emotional affair? There is no excuse for an affair, whether emotional or physical.
Your wife obviously thinks that something is missing in your marriage.
She craves attention, or communication that she's not getting in the marriage.
When a spouse feels like their marriage is missing something, they look elsewhere to fill that gap.
That doesn't make it right, but that's what goes on in the cheater's mind.
What can you do if your wife IS having an emotional affair? When you are sure she is having an affair, and you want to save your marriage, think about what is going on (or NOT) in your marriage.
How often do the two of you talk? Talk about anything - the weather, work, family, TV, or anything you can think of.
Just talk.
When your wife talks, you have to LISTEN.
She knows when you are really listening, and when you are pretending to listen.
She needs you to listen.
Take some time to just be together.
Sit and watch TV together.
Have dinner together.
Read the newspaper together, or play a board game, or cards together.
Just do things TOGETHER.
Spend quality time together.
The more you can talk to your wife, and the more things that you can do with her, the more she will feel like she is still special in your eyes.
The more she feels this way, the less she will look elsewhere for the attention.
YOU are the one she wants, and when YOU give her the attention she craves, she will no longer look for it outside of the marriage.