May 19, 2012

Marriage Counseling - The Threat Of Emotional Infidelity

By Robert Newtons


When we begin to look at the problems faced by marriages in our current society, we would discover a worrying trend. There are certain things many people simply take lightly. These things we take for granted gradually eat up the fabric of our marriages. What we would do here is to bring up one such thing so that we can be aware of it.

Everyone knows that there are problems that face marriages. One thing that we however may not want to admit is that we invite lot's of these issues on ourselves. One of the very common issues we see today is emotional infidelity. This may not seem to be something actually major. Many of us may claim not to fully know what emotional infidelity is so we shall attempt to explain what it is.

When you're emotionally intimate with someone other than your partner without extending to physical intimacy, you're guilty of emotional infidelity. Emotional infidelity is fed mostly by words. This explains the absence of physical intimacy. This leads us to a major matter I need for us to look at.

If asked, lot's of us would deny being guilty of emotional infidelity so I would approach this from a different angle. This would involve asking us some questions. Your response to these questions would determine your guilt or not.

Are you a Facebook user? Maybe not Facebook but are you serious on any social media network? You now have the first set of questions. Your response to the above would likely be in the positive. Let us then proceed to the next question.

How often are you on these networks?

You might want to know that a staggering 700 billion minutes are spent on Facebook monthly. This is enough reason to worry. These minutes we are made to understand come from time spent previously on face to face relationships and interactions. When we consider this in the context of what we're looking at, you would agree that this is not encouraging. Let us go on to the next question.

Who do you spend all this time with on this social network?

You of course cannot say that you spend all that time with your partner. That might only be possible if your partner lives in a different city from you. Nevertheless, the more common thing is that we have other individuals we spend time with online.

As if the matter of staying for so long chatting online is not bad enough, we now include video chat which really raises the chances of emotional infidelity. A common practice now is stripping on the video chat. Would you say a married person who participates in such an act with an individual different from his or her partner is guilty or not? It's just because there is no physical intimacy that it is called emotional infidelity.

It's necessary that something is done quickly. Unfortunately you might need to do this alone. If you want to know how to save your marriage alone, then begin by practicing the following:

- Make certain that you have quality time for your spouse

- Watch the amount of time you stay on social networks

- Carefully monitor the content of your communication on social media networks

- Find a way of catching your spouse's attention so much that they don't have time for social media

- Your partner needs to be aware that you are always there for them

This is almost like a fight and you need to be ready to fight for your marriage.




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May 14, 2012

Want To Know The Signs Of Cheating and how to confirm them?

By Roger Allen


Nothing strikes fear into a relationship more than the thought that you think that your partner is cheating on you. To recognize the signs of cheating and to know how to deal with them is a skill that most of us are not aware of. Unfortunately through lack of information and because we are emotionally involved we often can arrive at the wrong conclusions and can destroy the magic in our relationships in the blink of an eye.

Well sit back and relax to discover some fantastic tips to be able to easily recognize the signs of cheating in an instant. However beware not to over react, destroy the magic of your relationship. Learn the secrets to how to look at the negatives and the positives and avoid costly mistakes.

When we approach the problems that our spouse or partner may be cheating on us we have to be careful not to jump to conclusions. We don't want to be creating bad vibes if it is not necessary right? On the other hand we don't want people to think we are insensitive enough not to realise it. We all have heard the stories of affairs that are going on behind our backs that everybody knew about it before we did right?

In the beginning get the mind set of a private detective and imagine this is what you do to put food on the table. Discover the techniques they are able to put into practice, to be able to see both sides of the coin negative and positive. This is a great approach to find out the reality of the situation to whether it exists or not.

For example; nothing creates more fear in a relationship when he or she is receiving an unusual amount of texts or phone calls right? Or maybe requesting more space are common requests.

The negative side is nearly always the first reaction when deep feelings reach their highest point you start to investigate your self in this way. This is very suspect what is happening to our relationship? We seem to be drifting apart and start to think of the reasons to why. At this moment in time you have panic attack and feel out of control.

Now let's turn to the positive side of the scenario. As we mature in our relationships most couples would agree that the infatuation that we had for each other at the start grows into a something else. In some cases a deeper love and affection others companionship, no relationship stays the same agreed? These are the things we have to accept in our lives. If our partners want more space then because we love and trust them we are prepared to except that. There could be a perfectly good explanation to more texts and phone calls.

The point I am making is don't make rash judgments before you investigate the negatives and the positives be like the private investigator. If you are still in doubt then get the skeleton out of the cupboard and discuss the issues before they build into something it is not.

Regrettably I have to end this article here but I do appreciate you staying until the end. The positive is you can commend yourself for finding out the crucial steps to not just to be familiar with the signs of cheating but how to negotiate them in a professional way without regret. But don't bring this subject to a close until you have discovered the more advanced approaches which now you will find easier to get your head around.




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