will you panic and think that you’ve lost her interest?
Messages can be misconstrued and misinterpreted in a variety of ways that are often misleading.
Because of this, emotional affairs can sometimes occur unintentionally.
When we talk about affairs, we often categorize them as emotional, physical, or both. Yet nowadays, there's another category that we can loosely call the texting affair.
An oversimplified scenario goes like this: Your spouse strikes up an opposite-sex friendship with a person at work, spin or yoga class, the gym, or through your child's school or extra-curricular activities.
You lay awake and stare at your partner's phone, wishing you could look through it but not wanting to cross that line. Choosing your words carefully, you ask your partner who he or she is texting.
If you already know who it is, you might tell your partner that you are concerned or feeling second-place.
With the digital age of dating still somewhat new, many couples do not bother to discuss their expectations when it comes to social media, texting or other forms of messaging.
You may know in your heart if what you’re doing is right or wrong and you’ll either choose to hide it or do it openly, often either raising more suspicion or helping to avoid it altogether.
The most important thing to appreciate is that emotional cheating can just as harmful as physical cheating because without trust, you have absolutely nothing.
The biggest challenge to communicating by text is that you can’t hear someone’s voice, see their facial expressions, or interpret their body language.