SOCI 1025 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Emotional Affair
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Lying: telling someone something that is not true, or allowing them to assume something that is not true. Ex: hiding that you have an std, drug addiction, porn addiction, being a chronic cheater, etc: everyone lies to avoid disapproval, biggest lie college people tell to each other: how many. Cheating: partners they"ve had: 20-25% of spouse"s cheat on each other, emotional affair: being in love with someone else while. Your partner does it and you want to get it back: coping for the absence of a partner. 1/21/17: woman cry & get an sti test, men drink more. Recovery from an affair: asking married individuals if they cheat, they probably will try to work it out, you must be motivated to stay together. If you don"t want it, and your partner doesn"t want it, it"s going to work: instead of thinking they cheated on me, i"m leaving think.
