Emotional AFFAIR v. Physical AFFAIR

I think the operative word here is AFFAIR.

They're both adultery.

They both involve sharing something with a person outside of the marriage that should only be shared with a spouse, whether it's secrets, dreams, wishes, or sexual acts.


Widowed 11/10/12 after 35 years of marriage
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“In a sense now, I am homeless. For the home, the place of refuge, solitude, love-where my husband lived-no longer exists.” Joyce Carolyn Oates, A Widow's Story