by Casey Tallent

Created on: March 29, 2010   Last Updated: March 31, 2010

The Internet has become a great way to communicate with others.   You can send messages to your friends and look up old friends to try and connect with. We even have myspace and facebook now too, you can keep in touch with your friends and family by just clicking on their picture and sending them a message. The Internet really is amazing and has made communication between people so much easier. However all that easy access can be tempting and even damaging to relationships.

The Internet has become a serious issue in some relationships, even causing break ups and divorces between people. It has just become too easy to betray our loved ones on the Internet. We tend to seek out the people we meet on the Internet or the ones we already know for advice or consoling. Plus when you are able to delete your trails of communication it makes it easier not to get caught. It seems to be so hard for people today to keep their relationship sacred, and keeping in just between the two of them. With all the temptations though one could see how it could be so hard.

It's not just limited to our myspace or facebook, there is also porn and dating sites to worry about. There are even sites now that are just for married people looking to have some "fun". How can relationships possibly survive when we have sites that's sole purpose to help married people commit adultery against their spouse. I just think that if you want to cheat, which is unacceptable, then you need to work for it. You should not be able to sit in the comfort of your home in your P.J's and find random people that are just sitting around waiting for a hook up. 

Then there is porn, lots and lots of porn. So many relationships have failed because one partner becomes hooked to online porn. The escape is just too easy, no foreplay or getting to know each other , not even dinner or a movie. I guarantee that by the end of the day you have met at least one person that is living with a spouse that doesn't even touch them anymore, their physical contact is practically dead. It's not just sex either, the romance is also taken away. Most the time when you want to be intimate with your spouse you do romantic things for them like candlelight dinners, walks on the beach, romantic get aways, soft slow music, and many others. That is what all of us should want in a relationship, it's crucial to have that for a relationship to continue and be strong. However when you can sit at your computer and get all the intimacy that you need then your spouse is left out. They don't get the romance or the intimacy that they desire.

More relationships would be successful today if the Internet hadn't become the fast track to betrayal and infidelity. I believe that a relationship should remain in the home between the couples. Do not cloud your mind and judgement with the temptations of the Internet. If you and your spouse are having an argument stay as far away from the computer as you can. Work it out between the two of you, don't get anyone else involved and don't go searching the person you think your spouse is not. If it really comes down to it and you are just not happy with your spouse anymore, cut the ties first before you go on the prowl. No one deserves to feel like they are so terrible that you had to seek out someone else to make up for what may be missing in your relationship. Think about this too, if someone is wiling to cheat with you then they could someday cheat on you.

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