(Please see Part 1 for the start of this article.)

Then there’s the physical versus mental issue…

This short video highlights offers some important insights into emotional affairs and warns us to beware because emotional affairs invariably don’t stop there. So often they’re the pre-curser to physical affairs.

As you have seen, sometimes infidelity isn’t necessarily sexual or physical.

Some people, for example, may start becoming emotionally attached to someone without even realizing that they’re becoming involved.

They might start out seeing that person as someone they can talk to or confide in, or a shoulder to lean on.

And sometimes the emotional attachment can start when you’ve been the one offering the shoulder to lean on.

A good example of this could be an involvement with someone at work which is where a lot of affairs start.

Or to take an increasingly common example nowadays, it could be an involvement with someone you get to know over the internet.

In this latter case you may never have even met the person but if you hide this connection from your partner you’ve got yourself involved in an emotional affair.

There’s a good chance that the crisis your relationship or marriage is now in originated from an innocent emotional attachment somewhere along the line.

Understanding exactly why the infidelity happened, and being able to discuss it openly is critical if you are to move forward from your current crisis point.

Don’t fall into the trap of merely papering over the cracks…

If you only address the symptom of the infidelity (how to get over it) rather than the cause (why it happened)  statistics prove that it will probably happen again at some point in the future.

Yes, that means that the cheater is likely to cheat again!

That’s why I warn you not to merely paper over the cracks.

The main reason why couples are able to get through their nightmare and put their marriage problems firmly behind them  is because they learnt how to communicate openly about everything and address the fundamental causes of their problems.

In my partners free ebook they go into much more depth on how to rise above and overcome this blight in your life.