Emotional Affairs
By Lynn Harris, Ladies Home Journal
Sandra, 45, a teacher in New York, meets a "totally beguiling guy" in a similar field. He helps her with a project; they start e-mailing, then phoning, having long talks over drinks. Thing is, she has a boyfriend. He has a wife. They're not having sex. Are they having an affair?
Read the full article to see Sharyn Wolf's quick questions to assess if it's an emotional affair. 
Hacks of Passion
By Mark Lotto, The New York Observer
On a slow night, Anne, a 23-year-old assistant at an art consultancy, will get drunk at home with her friends and, instead of watching a movie or gossiping about men, they'll break into one of their old boyfriends' e-mail accounts. "My friends and I have a few glasses of wine, and it's like, 'Let's go read [his] e-mail!'" Anne said, making an inbox sound like a pirated cable box-free of charge, only slightly criminal and endlessly engaging.
Read the full article for Sharyn Wolf's insights into email snooping.
