With all due respect Sandra, your approach to this is going to derail your marriage. My husband of 22 years decided to go on a dating site to find a friend of the opposite sex because he said he is not happy with his social lfe. As a girl who loves sports, I could easily spend a lot of time with guys talking about and watching sports.
Playing with fire- you will get burned. Whether friendships with the opposite sex are a problem in your relationship or not, take this opportunity to ask yourself these questions that may help to strengthen your relationship— 1.
June 24, at am. August 21, August 21, Chris says:. How can you make your marriage and commitment to your spouse part of the reconnection and friendship? All the same sex. I think it is better to steer clear. To the outside observer, it seems clear that these vastly different views about the potential for romance in opposite-sex friendships could cause serious complications—and people within opposite-sex relationships agree.
This is an easily solved problem—let your mate know their safety and honor is of utmost importance to you. The eHarmony Research Library is a branch of eHarmony. It takes a secure person to say, "I'm not living like this. There are much more subtle boundaries that must be observed if you are going to honor your vow to invest your emotional being in your spouse.
These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens. In my opinion, it's simply foolish to disregard the strong association between opposite-sex friendships in marriage and infidelity.
White Angel says:. After 6 years, during which he not only me lots of reasons not to trust him like lying and being impulsive, he also blamed me for not trusting and wanting boundaries. But it is far to easy for it to start as something innocent. It depends on two factors: 1.