Is it appropriate for someone in a marriage or serious relationship?

[kate]

I do think it is OK for married people to have opposite sex friends. The relationship just has to have appropriate boundaries. I chat on-line sometimes with a guy who's about 70 (my dad's age) about photography and dogs. We're both married. It doesn't get more personal than that. I kind of doubt it's a threat to either of our marriages. If the relationship boundaries are inappropriate (flirting, exchanging inappropriate comments or inappropriate details about the marriages,etc.) that's a whole different story.

I have to say, though, that if my husband had a huge problem with it, I'd be fine with stopping talking to this guy. If it's causing problems in your marriage, it maybe that it's time for it to stop anyway, since the marriage is more important.