You are committed to your relationship. But you have met someone and you think that you have developed a strong bond with him. In fact, you are quite happy spending more and more time with him and sharing every detail of your life with this 'new friend' of yours. Well, you may think it's just friendship, but be careful. Relationship counsellors say that this is how emotional infidelity actually begins — it's never planned, but can eventually prove to be a slippery slope along which you primary relationship can go downhill. So how do you know you are indeed guilty of having an emotional affair? Here are a few tell-tale signs
Oversharing
Of late you have been sharing a lot of information with this person. In fact, you have also been sharing things you wouldn't dream of discussing with your partner.
Always together
If, say, he's a colleague at work, you find yourself spending a lot of time with this particular person. You try your best to grab projects where both of you can work together. In fact, you try to find newer ways to spend more time with him.
Keeping mum
You never tell your SO about this person. In fact, this particular 'friendship' is a closely guarded secret. And you go out of your way to keep it that way.
Overdependence
You have started depending on this person for everything. Whenever you face a crisis, he is the first person you turn to for help. The bottom line: You start to depend on this person more than you do on your partner.