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Quiz: Is Your On-line Friendship Too Friendly?

What are the warning signs that you or your partner are on the slippery slope to an on-line affair?

Take this quiz on-line relationship quiz and see.

True False  
1. Do you find yourself coming to bed later at night because you are chatting on-line?
2. Do you ever exit a screen because you do not want a family member to see what you are reading or writing to a chat friend?
3. Have you ever lied to your spouse about your personal internet activities?
4. Would you feel uncomfortable sharing your internet correspondence with your spouse?
5. Have you ever set up a separate email account or credit card to carry on a personal correspondence with an individual on-line?
6. Has your internet correspondence had a negative effect on you work or household tasks?
7. Have you ever lied in response to a question from you spouse about your email correspondence?
8. Have you ever exchanged photos of yourself with a secret email correspondent?
9. Since beginning a secret email correspondence, have you ever experienced a loss or an unusual increase in sexual desire with your spouse?
10. Have you ever made arrangements to talk secretly on the phone with you email correspondent?
11. Have you made arrangements to meet with your secret email correspondent?

Your Score:

Yes No

Two or more yes answers to questions 1, 2, 3, 4 indicate a potential internet romance is developing. It is time you shared your on-line correspondence with your spouse or break it off and work to improve your marriage.

A yes answer to 5, 6, 7 indicates you are crossing the boundary from friendship to romance. Acknowledge this relationship for what it is about and take steps to preserve or enhabce your marriage.

A yes answer to 8, 9 indicates you have a fantasy romantic relationship with your on-line correspondent. Even if this relationship never moves to a physical stage, it has great potential to damage or destroy your marriage.

A yes to question 10 or 11 indicates that you have taken positive action toward initiating an extramarital affair. Consider the impact this will have on your marriage and your children. Take steps to seek the help of a professional counsellor.

Please email me so I can answer your questions or to make an appointment for couples counselling.

Allan Findlay is a Toronto couples and marriage counsellor, as well as a teen and family counsellor offering counselling services in the Toronto and Newmarket area including Aurora, Bradford, Holland Landing and King City, Ontario.

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