Lance Maggiacomo was out of work, bored and lonely when he started hiding his online relationships from his wife.
There was no affair, only chatting through e-mail, yet it felt like cheating just the same.
A few years later, a reformed Maggiacomo has an in-house check on his impulses. He and his wife Lori, like other Christian couples around the country, share one e-mail account as a safeguard against the ever-expanding temptations of the Internet.
having one account does nothing to prevent surfing to inappropriate sites. and how about the phone or letters? and why is chatting through email “like cheating?” men and women can’t be friends through email? I got one last night from a woman re: the SC Deanery event today, how am I to reply? Should I cc my wife?
One is reminded of former NBA player Doug Christy. He as his wife had an agreement that they would renew their vows every year, and he couldn’t even speak to female reports or look them in the eye in order to stay faithful.
I hate to be judgmental, but all this seems naive, puritanical, and unnecessary.
I imagine, Chris, there’s “chatting,” and then there’s “chatting.” I think one could engage in a suggestive email conversation that would, indeed, feel like cheating. Didn’t Christ set the bar that high, after all – don’t even look at somebody with those feelings in your heart?