I think emotional affairs are having one foot over the line and physical affairs are having the other one cross and no matter what one foot or the other or possibly even booth being over the line....any way you look at it they have "crossed the line" and have destroyed more than they will ever know.If these men had loved and respected us they would not have been even near the line to begin with. I'm sure my ex's affair started out emotional and then moved on to physical and just kept on going from there. These are selfish men and women who think of nothing but their own needs and then try to erase their mistakes when they are ready to ease any guilt. I promise, the love for these men does fade as time goes by. I didn't think it would either, but it does.