online affair
Internet romantic betrayal
An online affair is a romantic or sexual relationship conducted through digital communication—messaging, video calls, or social media—typically while one or both participants are committed to someone else.
The affair may never involve physical contact, but the emotional intimacy and secrecy carry the weight of infidelity: She discovered his online affair through his chat history.
Whether online affairs constitute "real" cheating remains contested, though partners who discover them rarely see the distinction as meaningful.
- infidelityDisloyalty to a partner
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
- secretConcealed information
- secret accountConcealed financial holding
- textingSending typed mobile messages
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- marital problemsinfidelity, adultery, cheating, divorce, broken vows
- Online Romancedating apps, virtual date, Zoom dates, virtual hug, good morning texts
- online datingdating apps, dating profile, dating profiles, OkCupid, Plenty of Fish
- infidelityadultery, adulteress, cheating, cheater, unfaithful
online affairfaithfulness
Devoted loyalty maintained
marital fidelity · fidelity · monogamy · loyalty · commitment
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