Cheating Affairs: A Glossary Of Terms
By Brandon Grittini
In this world of words, it can become quite confusing to distinguish what is happening to you in your relationship. You believe your spouse is cheating on you, but there are so many words to describe it. I want to go over a few key terms about cheating in relationships. The first one is Adultery.
Adultery is being married, and having sex with someone that you are not married to, while you”re married. In short, if you are married and you are having sex with someone other than your spouse, you are an adulterer.
Adulterers don”t maintain relationships with people. They have sex, with no other connection at all. Often times, the adulterer is seeking sex on every occasion. They tend to have sex with many partners, and jeopardize their relationships by doing so.
The big scare with adulterers is that many times, their promiscuous behavior is unprotected, putting their current spouse or partner at risk for disease.
The next word to discuss is infidelity. Infidelity is a breach of trust. It is being unfaithful to a promise that you made to your partner. Infidelity has many layers. You don”t necessarily have to have sex to be considered infidelity.
Infidelity involves breaching emotional trust as well as physical and sexual. Infidelity includes lying, as well as sharing secrets with someone other than your spouse or partner.
And last, I want to define the word affair.
Affair - is a romantic, or sexual encounter with another person that you are not married to. An affair usual consists of 3 things.
1. Secrecy
2. Attraction
3. Emotional or sexual connection
When you are in an affair, you are in the “Romantic Stage”, where everything is very fantasy. There is no real emotional connection, and they lack the emotion necessary to sustain long term.
Affairs ignore faults in one another and present a false feeling of love. If you are thinking of having an affair, I advise you toreconsider.
Affairs, infidelity and adultery all danger your existing relationship. They also tell us that there are other problems in your relationship that is causing this behavior.
Consider addressing your core relationship problems before acting on anything that you will surely regret down the road.
Knowing the different terms can help you address what stage you or your partner are in. Cheating should never be acceptable, but just because you or your partner has cheated, it doesn”t mean the end of the relationship.
By understanding that affairs are generally caused by some other core problem, you can identify and address the problem.
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