[foreverafter]

I believe that emotional affairs are far more common than most people realize. People who are having thoughts & feelings or friendships or private personal discussions by phone or in person, with someone of the opposite sex other than their spouse rationalize it & hardly ever see it as wrong or adultery. You don't have to have any sexual or romantic feelings for someone to commit emotional adultery, it usually feels like you're 'just friends', so most people don't see it for what it is.

Often married people have these friendships right out in the open & their spouse often nievely or under pressure goes along with it & allows it. Just because it's not "hidden" doesn't mean it's ok. One Prophet said if he saw a woman he knew walking in a storm, he would not pick her up. One must be that careful. There are no safe personal friendships with the opposite sex after marriage.