Emotional affair with her brother?

[just_some_guy]

Here's a weird one - is it possible to have an emotional affair with one's sibling?

 

Just curious if it is possible, or does the sibling relationship preclude it being called such, even if it is?

[ADF]

The sibling relationship would pretty much preclude this, except in some very rare and twisted cases.

 

Have you ever read about the Westermark hypothosis? In a nutshell, the Westermark hypothesis holds that children raised as siblings bond early in life in a way that all but precludes the possibility of them ever developing sexual attraction for each other.

 

The hypothesis has some empirical support. A study of 3000 mostly unrelated children raised as virtual siblings in an Israeli kibbutz (commune) found that only about a dozen ever had any kind of romantic involvement or sexual contact. This is astonishingly low. Think of 3000 teenagers in the avergae high school and how much sex there is going on.

 

That so few of these kids got together suggests their view of eahc other as children within an extended family pretty much canceled out any possibility of sexual attraction between them.

[Cinnamon2000]

Here's a weird one - is it possible to have an emotional affair with one's sibling?

 

Just curious if it is possible, or does the sibling relationship preclude it being called such, even if it is?

 

If they are blood siblings and grew up in the same household, chance of an affair would be slim to none.

[angie2443]

Here's a weird one - is it possible to have an emotional affair with one's sibling?

 

Just curious if it is possible, or does the sibling relationship preclude it being called such, even if it is?

 

This would depend on how you define emotional affair. Most siblings gain some distance from each other, emotional and physical, as they grow up. I'm not saying that they don't remain close, They just grow more independant from each other. This is necesary if they are to one day move out and start a familly of their own.

 

I have seen some adult siblings who are extremely close, to the point where it made others unconfortable. I don't know if this could be called an emotional affair, but I don't think it's healthy for a married relationship if a sibling bond is stronger than the partner bond.

[SouthernSunshine]

Incest, and Genetic Sexual Attraction, (GSA) is more common than people realize. Emotional affair with sibling, very possible!

[just_some_guy]

In this case, half-brother (different fathers).

 

Indeed, very close relationship, like uncomfortably close and odd. No sign or sense of sexual weirdness, but the bond seemed far closer and more important than the marriage was.

[monkeywithagun]

I definetly think it is possible,,..I have been quite close to a few people with strange, odd, waay to close relationships with siblings. I dated someone years ago who had kissed and fooled around with his cousin many times ., he admitted. It is gross but deff possible.

[Ronni_W]

No sign or sense of sexual weirdness, but the bond seemed far closer and more important than the marriage was.

A dysfunctional sibling relationship can have the same characteristics, and effect on one's partner, as an emotional affair...but likely would still just be called a dysfunctional sibling relationship. (Otherwise, we'd have to consider that many an adult is engaging in an "emotional affair" with his or her mother...or in some cases, father.)

 

IMO, the effects of whatever behaviour and habits are much more important than whatever label one might want to assign.

[Cinnamon2000]

Incest, and Genetic Sexual Attraction, (GSA) is more common than people realize. Emotional affair with sibling, very possible!

 

Yeah, among first and second cousins and maybe uncles and aunts, but not among siblings.

[just_some_guy]

Dysfunctional - that's the right word then. No doubt about it.