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In today’s Bible Study, we are going to study:
Infidelity Intervention
Defining Infidelity: Infidelity is unfaithfulness in a marriage or relationship. It can severely strain a relationship and the people involved. An affair can leave the other person feeling devastated, alone, betrayed, and confused. Sometimes, an affair ends a relationship. Other times, couples can repair the relationship. They may do this on their own or with the help of a therapist. This can often make the relationship stronger. WHAT COUNTS AS INFIDELITY? What one person considers infidelity, someone else may not. One person may not see their partner’s viewing of pornography as cheating. Another person might see it as cheating. People may feel inadequate if their partner engages in behavior they see as unfaithful. WHAT CAUSES INFIDELITY? Studies show adults in the United States expect sexual monogamy. (This excludes those in an open relationship.) However, up to 20% will engage in extramarital sex at some point. Affairs happen for myriad reasons. One main reason may be lack of relationship satisfaction. A successful relationship often means both people feel stable and secure. It often also requires physical and emotional intimacy. Deficiency in these areas can reduce relationship satisfaction. Lack of relationship satisfaction can make infidelity more likely. TYPES OF INFIDELITY Some different types of infidelity can occur in a relationship.
Object affair
This is the neglect of a relationship to pursue an outside interest.
The pursuit may reach a point of near-obsession.
Sexual affair.
One partner may have sex outside the relationship.
They often do not experience emotional attachment to that person.
Studies show men have a harder time forgiving a sexual affair than women do.
Women may be more likely to forgive an affair when emotions are not involved.
Cyber affair.
This is infidelity committed through texts and chats.
It may stay online and never reach the point of sexual intimacy.
This type of affair might also include the viewing of pornography.
Some people consider that act itself to be a form of infidelity.
EFFECTS OF INFIDELITY ON THE UNINVOLVED PARTNER
Infidelity can greatly impact both parties in a relationship. These effects may extend to others, such as children.
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