Unfortunately I do recognize this phenomenon.
Are you having concerns in this regard?
I believe that men and women can be friends but if they are married (to other people) it can be a slippery slope.
An affair does not need to be sexual in nature. There is such a thing as the “emotional affair” – this is where one partner develops a close emotional relationship with someone not his or her spouse and can be very damaging to the marriage even if it doesn’t develop into a physical relationship. I know because this is why my marriage ended.
No, but I think we've all been there.
I know men who need to have women respond to them. Believe it’s still called “flirting” and I’ve seen men do it in front of their spouses. It’s not nice. But I also know men (very few) who know exactly how to shut down flirting from the opposite sex and it’s so very refreshing.
When they marry the man or women should not hang alone with that person it should be a couple thing out of respect for your spouse.
I am in two minds about this topic. On the one hand I can understand about jealousies being generated because of opposite-sex friendships, but on the other hand I believe there CAN be a line that is bloody well never crossed. I Myself recently lost a good friend because her husband could not accept our closeness. No, nothing ever happened, nor ever would. I always called her My 'baby sister' because we were so close, but with that reference you can see why it would always remain in the 'friendship' stage. Just could not see her as anything more... Surely I can not be the only one with such friends, can I?
Affairs have much more to do with opportunity than with morality, religious background, and other aspects that people normally cite.
More opportunity just means more of a chance that things go to far. Happens all the time.