Affair
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An affair is a
Romantic affair
A romantic affair, also called an affair of the heart, may refer to a sexual liaison or more emotional relationship between two people who may
The term affair may also describe part of an agreement within an
When romantic affairs lack both overt and covert sexual behavior, yet exhibit intense or enduring emotional intimacy, it may also be referred to as an emotional affair, platonic love, or a romantic friendship.
Extramarital affair
Extramarital affairs are relationships outside of
An affair can continue in one form or another for years, even as one of the partners in that affair passes through marriage, divorce, and remarriage. This could be considered the primary relationship, with the marriage secondary to it. Several people claim the reason for an extramarital affair is their unsuccessful marriage where both spouses fail to please each other. This may be serial polygamy or other
The ability to pursue serial and clandestine extramarital affairs while safeguarding other secrets and
Deception can be defined as the "
Individuals having affairs with married men or women can be prosecuted for adultery in some jurisdictions and can be sued by the jilted spouses in others, or named as 'co-respondents' in divorce proceedings. As of 2009, eight U.S. states permitted such alienation of affections lawsuits.[6] Affairs with the consent of their significant others may not be considered infidelity or adultery.[citation needed]
Online affair
The appearance of computer-mediated communication introduces a new type of communication and consequently a new type of "affair". There are various kinds of computer-mediated communication that differ in some significant aspects: one-to-one or group communication formats, interrelating with anonymous or identified people and communicating in synchronous or asynchronous formats.[7] Online affairs combine features of close and remote relationships.
Ben Ze'ef argues that an online affair is a unique kind of affair—termed "detached attachment", or just "detachment"—that includes opposing features whose presence in a face-to-face affair would be paradoxical. Like direct, face-to-face affairs, online affairs can be spontaneous and casual and show intensive personal involvement. However, online affairs can also be more of a planned discourse than spontaneous talk; like written letters, online messages can be stored and thus have a permanent presence, which is absent from face-to-face affairs.[8]
People participating in online affairs may be strangers to each other in the sense that they have never actually met each other. However, they are also close to each other since they share intimate information. In online affairs, people try to enjoy the benefits of both close and remote affairs, while avoiding their flaws. People enjoy the highly valued products of close affairs while paying the low cost of remote affairs. As one woman wrote: 'He constantly told me that he can not provide me with what I would want and I would always respond with: "I'm not asking anything from you, but simply enjoy your company"'.[9]
Famous affairs
- Affair of the Diamond Necklace
- Hamilton–Reynolds affair
- Eulenburg affair
- Haijby scandal
- Iris Robinson scandal
- Clinton–Lewinsky scandal
- The Makropulos Affair (play)
- The Makropulos Affair (opera)
- Munsinger affair
- Profumo affair
- Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal
- John Edwards extramarital affair
- Mark Sanford extramarital affair
See also
- Ashley Madison
- Courtly love
- Crime of passion
- Family therapy
- On-again, off-again relationship
- Polysexuality
- Scandal
- Love triangle
- Adultery
References
- ^ "What's An Emotional Affair: How To Recognize One". askdougandchris.com. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
- ^ "Definition of EXTRAMARITAL". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
- ISBN 9780765702470. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- PMID 25102184.
- ISSN 0146-7239.
- ^ Appel, Jacob M. (2009-10-07). "Hate the Husband? Sue the Mistress!". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
- ^ Ze'ev (2004). "Flirting On and Offline" (PDF). International Journal of Research in to New Media Technologies. 10 (24).
- ^ Lea & Spears (1995). "Love at first Byte". Understudied Relationships: 211.
- ^ Cyberlove101.com, story 39. "An Enchanting Belgian gentleman".
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Further reading
- Schmitt, D. P., et al. (2004). Patterns and universals of mate poaching across 53 nations: The effects of sex, culture, and personality on romantically attracting another person's partner. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86, 560–584.