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Emotional Affair

By Sheri & Bob Stritof, About.com

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Definition: An emotional affair is a secret relationship that involves intimate sharings with some one other than a spouse.

If a person is no longer confiding thoughts and feelings with his/her spouse, the individual is either in an emotional affair or ready for one.

Also Known As: EA
Examples: For some individuals, the most hurtful and painful consequences of an emotional affair is the sense of being deceived, betrayed, and lied to.

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