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Originally Posted by Racnad
Here's the emotional affair test....
Part 1:
If your single friend tells you they've started dating a great person with whom they really connect with, have hours of wild exciting sex with and may be their soul mate, what would be your emotional reaction?
Part 2:
If your married friend tells you they've spent a great weekend with with their spouse and have regained intimacy and communication to a degree they haven't experinced since early in their relationship, what is your emotional reaction?
Scoring: If you honestly feel happy for your friend, they are just a freind. If there are any feelings of loss, betrayal or sadness, then to that degree it is an emotional affair.
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I think this covers it pretty closely.
I also think Tec's take has some truth to it, in that you can want someone to the exclusion of others, not act upon it and thusly, at least to the one doing the wanting, be having an 'emotional affair'. It's when one crosses the border from loving a friend to being 'in love' with them. Once that desire is realized, another line has been crossed and it's no longer an 'emotional affair', it's an affair.