What do we think of 'emotional infidelity?' I am conflicted.
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I've always got most of my in-depth emotional support from female friends & one male friend who was gay. No male partner has ever objected.
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But if I were to have the same kind of close sharing friendship with a heterosexual man, I think this would be much more likely.
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Once a boyfriend said,'I'm jealous coz your minds work the same way' abt the male friend. On revealing that he was gay, jealousy gone.
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And how would it work with same-sex couples? Particularly women? Do other ppl see firm boundaries between couple sharing & friend sharing?
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Is the boundary between emotional closeness and emotional infidelity abt a sense of being 'in love' & does this always relate to sexuality?
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I cld see that I might find it a problem if my husband more emotionally open with another woman but harder to feel I had a right to object.
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That would seem like an unjustifiable possessiveness. At same time, I cld say I felt like that & try to fix it from my end or leave, Dunno?
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On other hand, if my husband shared more emotionally with a male friend, I'd not be threatened at all. I do this regularly re female friends
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This is all hypothetical, btw, in relation to someone else. Neither my husband nor I particularly emotionally expressive!
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Well, all of your replies indicate the same confusion I feel on the issue. Ppl talking abt all sorts of things from all sorts of angles.
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But do you fear this if the close emotional bond your partner has is with a woman? Or only if its with another man?
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So being in love. Leaving you to live with the woman in partnership?
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Yes. I think thats it, exactly. Tho my husband knows the kinds of emotional support I get from him & from my friends differs.
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as long as one is honest with their partner, it's really up to the people in question. But that's my view on all such things…
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Yes, I feel the accusation can be made unjustly & used to control but also that ppl have a right to say what theyre not ok with
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Why not apply the same standard to 'sexual' as 'emotional?' Really practical to expect all our sexual needs to be met by one?
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Different issue. Trying to understand emotional infidelity at the mo. Relationships that are open sexually present no ethical problem for me
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Yeah, your question's actually trickier, but I suppose the same standard probably has to apply to a degree - a mutually agreed
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upon line of some kind. Much harder to define than a sexual one.
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