Yes, I Am Having an Emotional Affair - So What?!

Are you annoyed with all the talk of emotional affairs, like it is such a bad thing? Are you involved in an emotional affair, and enjoying every moment of it? Do you purr with joy when your "friend" pours attention on you? ArabianDate.com Probably you feel light-years away from the real world and all your normal problems and issues...but what of the future?

 

Perhaps you imagine a wonderful web of intrigue ending in you both riding off into the sunset together?

Is that really likely?

 

Unfortunately, no. Men are definitely built differently to we women on an emotional level. While men have emotions and some of them are not afraid to share them, sex remains a primary objective in a man's life.

 


In response to women wanting more "sensitive" men, men have become more sensitive. Well more accurately, they know it will improve their chances of getting sex if the appear to be more sensitive. RussianBrides Very often, men who are involved in emotional affairs are the sort that know how to play the long game. While they appear understanding, kind, considerate, and all those other things they know we like to see, actually they are waiting for the moment we women say - ok, I really like you, lets take it to a physical level.

 

Men Like A Challenge

 

Remember Don Juan? Casanova? These guys knew the value of the long game. Oh the endless hours of chatting, just talking, listening, trying to remember the things we speak of so that we give them brownie points for remembering....and ultimately then we give Datinggroup in and let them have sex! That is when they have won, got what they wanted! Another notch on the bedpost.

 

Maybe you are convinced your emotional affair is not like that. Maybe it is him that doesn't want to take it physical. This could be because he doesn't want the guilt, especially if he is married. But what else is in it for him? He could be a personality type - Rescuer.

 

Superman?

 

Rescuers, as the name suggests, love to rescue women. That makes them feel like a hero. They love to sweep into a situation like superman, pull the damsel in distress out of the horrible marriage, the wicked husband shaking his fist as superman flies off with you in his arms...

 

The problem with rescuers is they need someone to rescue. In transactional analysis, this person is called a Victim - someone who gives up power easily. It is part of an emotional game. If victims are not victim enough, rescuers can become persecutors, in order to back to the rescuer role. Be aware that you could be entering into a psychological game that will never be part of a healthy relationship.

 

Happy Relationships

 

Remember when you were happily married? When your husband was the best thing since sliced bread and you wanted nothing more than to be with him forever? Cast your mind back to dating him, the fun and the laughter...

 

You can get your relationship back to that, with some honesty and some simple changes. The less embroiled in the affair you are, the easier it is to get out of.

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