Infidelity in Marriage and the World Wide Web
The Internet is opening doors to new avenues for intimacy and marital problems. Coping with infidelity in marriage is no longer limited to the challenges of looking for physical and emotional signs of cheating. New challenges due to the meteoric rise of sites like Myspace and Facebook means that couples trying to gain trust after infidelity must battle with the unknown spaces of the Internet. These unknown spaces allow intimate relationships to foster without the two parties needing to meet in person.
So while the emotional impact of infidelity in marriage does not change because of the Internet, coping with infidelity becomes infinitely more challenging. Interaction on Facebook and Myspace is relatively uninhibited and cheaply attained, making it almost laughably easy for couples in strained marriages to find solace in the confines of social networking. Furthermore, infidelity in marriage can wear many hats, with emotional intimacy or flirtations potentially being just as damaging to a relationship as physical encounters.
Social networking sites are but one aspect of intimacy on the Internet that presents a challenge for married couples. The ease of accessibility to chat rooms, dating sites, pornography, personal ads and the privacy protections built in means a cheating wife or cheating husband is cushioned somewhat from the prying eyes of the outside world, and from their spouse. It’s a double-edged sword: just as technology has opened doors to social and business opportunities that are a direct result of the power that the Internet provides for networking, it also opens hallways for unhappy marriages to become lost in the convenience and deception of cyber romance.
Hope lies in the comfort of the foundations of marriage and relationships. Coping with infidelity on the Internet doesn’t require any more work than couples dealing with a physical relationship. Trust and honesty still play their respective parts, and the process of gaining trust after infidelity still relies on recognizing and embracing each other’s emotional needs, confronting challenges together head on, and the willingness to reach out for help if the process becomes too difficult to navigate alone.
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