By Victoria Suleymanova.

Is Virtual Cheating Immoral

With the development of the Internet, the definition of infidelity now includes a romantic and/or sexual relationship with someone other than the spouse, which begins with an online contact and is maintained mainly through electronic conversations that occur through e-mail and chat rooms

This has give the opportunity to adopt identities that may contradict with the true gender, age, social status and so on.

Reasons for cheating: Lack of emotional intimacy Marital or relationship unhappiness To re-experience feeling of romance The desire to feel special or important Loneliness Escaping from real life problems

Signs of online cheating Password protected digital devices. Social Media accounts Obsession with Responding to Online

Contacts Weird Behavior (extra nice, extra sweet

or opposite) Double Life ( secret email addresses,

social networking pages)

Are Online Relationship healthy?

People are emotionally distanced, disinterested and less prepared to invest in their real relationship. 

Their every day engagement declines and they spend more and more hours online and have decreasing energy and time for their partner and their obligations at home.

Secrecies and lies increasingly characterize the communication with their partner.

They eventually and increasingly preferred to share the things that truly moved them with their online rather than with their real partner.

Statistics:

86% of the women polled reported that they cheat mostly for emotional reasons

In a recent survey – 89% of married people said they felt like sexting was a form of infidelity and could warrant divorce or a break-up.

According to research firm GlobalWebIndex (GWI) 30% of Tinder users surveyed are married, while another 12% are in a relationship. 54% classed themselves as single, while 3% were divorced or widowed.

In one study, 56% of men who cheated said they were in very happy marriages; only 34% of women said the same

Final thoughts Monogamy and exclusive relationships

aren't for everyone. But, if you’ve made promises, stick to them, or have the common courtesy to close one chapter before starting another. That way, everyone can keep their honor and integrity... and move on.

References:  Young KS. The evaluation and treatment of internet

addiction. In: Vande Creek L, Jackson T, editors. Innovations in clinical practice: A source book.

Signs of online cheating (http://newlyweds.about.com/) Tinder stats (https://

www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/may/07/dating-app-tinder-married-relationship)

Affair facts (http://facts.randomhistory.com/affairs-facts.html)