Tuesday, January 12, 2010

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN EMOTIOAL AFFAIR AND A PHYSICAL AFFAIR?

The traditonal definition of cheating is when one of the married couple commits a physical relationship with someone else other than his/her spouse.



In recent years, cheating has been reclassified to include not only the phycially affairs but also emotional affairs.An emotional affair is defined as any act of infidelity that occurs through feeling or thought.


With technological development of cell phones and the internet, the definition of cheating has been expanded to include feelings and/ or thoughts that comprise emotional infidelity. Cheating now includes having intimate correspondence with someone else other than his/her spouse on handphone or over the internet
Question:What is the diffrence between an emotional affairs and a physical affair?

The primary differences between physical and emotional affairs is actual physical contact.Usually, cheating involves people meeting face to face and then engage in physical intimacy.Many people who are cheating emotional do not consider it as infidelity.The end result is that he/she is be unfaithful to his/her spouse.He/she is paying more attention to someone else other than his/her spouse.
AN EMOTIONAL AFFAIR CAN BE LEAD TO A PHYSICAL AFFAIR
Emotional affair begins with the exchange of personal information which leads to personal intimacy.Some argue that an emotional affair is harmless because it is more of a casual relationship than traditional cheating.However, the intimate nature of the communication is a prelude to infidelity.
THE DANGER OF EMOTIONAL AFFAIRS.
While it is healthy and normal for people to have friendship outside of marriage with men and women, an emotional affairs threaten the emotional bond between spouses.Friendship are based on atraction. When that atraction turns into an affair, it has the tendency to break emotional bond between married couple.
PREPARED BY :JC PUA

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

EMOTIONAL AFFAIRs CAN LEAD TO PHYSICAL AFFAIRS

Zulkifli said...

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PHYSICAL AFFAIR AN EMOTIONAL AFFAIR

The primary differences between physical and emotional affairs is actual physical contact.
Usually, cheating involves people meeting face to face and then engage in physical intimacy.
Many people who are cheating emotional do not consider it as infidelity.
The end result is that he/she is be unfaithful to his/her spouse.
He/she is paying more attention to someone else other than his/her spouse.

AN EMOTIONAL AFFAIR CAN BE LEAD TO A PHYSICAL AFFAIR

Emotional affair begins with the exchange of personal information which leads to personal intimacy.
Some argue that an emotional affair is harmless because it is more of a casual relationship than traditional cheating.
However, the intimate nature of the communication is a prelude to infidelity.

THE DANGER OF EMOTIONAL AFFAIRS.

While it is healthy and normal for people to have friendship outside of marriage with men and women, an emotional affairs threaten the emotional bond between spouses.
Friendship are based on atraction. When that atraction turns into an affair, it has the tendency to break emotional bond between married couple.

Zulkifli said...

THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EMOTIONAL AFFAIR AND PHYSICAL AFFAIRS?

The traditonal definition of cheating is when one of the married couple commits a physical relationship with someone else other than his/her spouse.
In recent years, cheating has been reclassified to include not only the phycially affairs but also emotional affairs.

An emotional affair is defined as any act of infidelity that occurs through feeling or thought.
With technological development of cell phones and the internet, the definition of cheating has been expanded to include feelings and/ or thoughts that comprise emotional infidelity.
Cheating now includes having intimate correspondence with someone else other than his/her spouse on handphone or over the internet.