Is Your Online Friendship Too Friendly?

Online version of the relationship quizzes, presented by Shirley Glass in Not “just friends”.

In the new crisis of infidelity, platonic friendships and workplace relationships are turning into emotional affairs, usually gradually, often without premeditation. Parties cross boundaries of emotional intimacy, sharing intimate information with a friend that is usually appropriately the exclusive territory of a husband or wife. When emotional boundaries are overstepped, the partner has taken the first step onto the slippery slope leading to emotional and eventually sexual infidelity. Even if the infidelity is “only” emotional, it often leads to a double life of deception and sexuality, threatening once secure marriages.

If you recognize that your friendship or your partner's friendship may be in the danger zone of too much emotional intimacy, use this awareness to address concerns about your marriage. The quiz will help you see where you stand.

What are the warning signs that you (or your partner) are on the slippery slope to an online affair? Take this relationship quiz and see.

Is Your Online Friendship Too Friendly? | form | sample

Author: Shirley Glass (2003)

This online version is provided for archival purposes. Please refer to the author's book.


This test is provided for educational and entertainment purposes only. It does not constitute psychological advice of any kind and comes with no guarantee of accuracy or validity. The assessment is free and anonymous.

References
  • Shirley P. Glass. Not “just friends”. Free Press, 2003
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