Aug 31

There is a category of people who can be called married singles. These are the people who once upon a time where happy with each other, got married, but did not live happily ever after. Instead the demands of daily life, building careers, raising children became so consuming and stressful that they neglected to make meaningful time for each other. The married couple continued to handle their daily living demands however the emotional connection between them suffered. Gradually they grew further and further apart, each feeling very alone. The married singles lifestyle had crept softly into their life and they accepted it as that is the way it is.

The majority of extramarital affairs begin as “just friends.” While it is certainly true that there are affairs that begin with impulsive one-night stands with a stranger, the most common ones that I see begin as “just friends.” In fact, if you find yourself thinking or saying “but we are just friends” you are probably already in trouble.

Gary Rosberg of America’s Family Coaches states that there are at least 19 stages a person will pass through on the way to physically consummating an extramarital affair. There are at least two important notions that we can lift from Rosberg’s statement:

1) At each and every one of the 19 steps, you have a clear choice between going further down or stopping the process. In other words, these things don’t “just happen.”

2) An affair – by the way, I hate that term!

It makes it sound like it is this wonderful experience with no consequences … as in “It was a grand affair.” In my marital counseling and relationship coaching experience, adultery breaks up marriages, wrecks families and crushes kids.

Anyway, now that my rant is over, an affair becomes adultery long before the physical act. In fact, emotional affairs can be stronger and more difficult to get out of than physical affairs.

For Harry it happened when his job started to involve travel. He had been unhappy for a while but had not shared with his wife how he was feeling. While having a drink at his hotel a woman started a conversation with him. It felt wonderful to be talking and have someone listening to him. In another marriage it was Mary who got into an affair. Mary had a co-worker with whom she enjoyed talking and they became good friends. The emotional connection is what she loved. After a while the attraction to each other grew and they became involved. Gwen found her emotional connection in chat rooms.

I need to keep my spouse faithful

Your job will be to start focusing on yourself and making sure that you are taking good care of yourself. Finding out about an affair is a jolt to ones emotional well being. Put your energy into taking care of yourself and not on keeping tabs on your spouse. Your spouse needs to find a way to end the affair if he/she truly wants the marriage to work. If you also want the marriage to work put your energy into being the kind of marriage partner you want to be.

Everything is fine because I have ended the affair.

Unfortunately it is not so simple. For most couples it takes some real work to learn to re-connect with each other in a caring and loving way. Frequently marriage counseling may be necessary in order to learn new communication skills and ways to emotionally connect with each other.

Couples who desire to stay together can get through an affair if they genuinely want to re-connect with each other. It will take time and a willingness to put effort into rekindling their love

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