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Emotional cheating, I'll lay it out here right now. It is cheating. It is wrong. And it is a problem. Now, many will say, well, I never actually touched that other man or woman. But the intent was there, most likely.

That my friends makes it wrong. If you are sharing your most intimate and sentimental details with another person the odds are pretty high that you will, one day sooner or later, find yourself in a face-face sexual relationship with that other person. Everything starts with a spoken word. A listening ear. Or, a man or woman on the rebound, and the right man/woman being there at the right time, saying all the right things and being that so-called support system. With the advent of the internet's interactive online chatting, it has become very much apparent that there is a slick, fun, and guilt-free way of engaging in this form of cheating.

On the internet, just like in the army, you can be all that you want to be,(sorry bad joke) and love every minute of it. However, isn't that true? I mean if I wanted to have flowing blonde locks, and sport chiseled obliques and abs, I could do that, and what's to stop me? Certainly not my wife or girlfriend. The internet provides an easier way into another human being's life. If in the past someone has not found themselves "fulfilled" they can run to a like-minded individual somewhere in Akron, Ohio, that is also feeling the blues.

Of course, the intent at the beginning of the online "meeting" is totally harmless. After all, that person is just on Firefox to check their email, say their "hello's" to a few buddies, and head out the door. At first the conversation is very light. A traditional message history would read something like this,

Jlove12: Hey, how are you?

Michelle516: I'm doing well, and you?

Jlove12: Hmm, just about to call a couple of the boys, we are planning for a wild and crazy night tonight. You know, bar tour.

Michelle516: Yes-sir, you are one crazy guy. Well, hate to cut this short, but I really need to get going. Drs. appointment (frown face). So, can we talk later?

Jlove12: Sure, until then.

Seems totally platonic and innocent, huh? Yes, that is how it usually starts. Not many people are going to delve themselves into risque conversations, at least not until a level of comfort has been established. Therein lies the problem. People are always waiting for an opening, a tiny little lean into more adult-oriented themes. I am not bashing the internet, don't get that impression nor am I bashing or labeling

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