This might come from anybody, from a coworker (60 percent of emotional affairs start at work) to someone you're conversing with online. From then, the affair might escalate—this is generally when people become cognizant that they are having an emotional affair... Affairs usually end in one of two ways: either the infidelity is not resolved (i.e., the unfaithful partner does not seek help) or it is resolved but not permanently (i.e., the unfaithful partner gets back together with their spouse). Either way, the beginning of an affair is very simple; however, the consequences can be devastating. The oldest example of an emotional affair we have evidence of is in Egypt about 3200 years ago. In those days, people didn't call them "affairs"; they called them "liaisons" or "intimate relationships." The Egyptians even had a term for the person who was being cheated on ("the abandoned one"), which shows that these things were common knowledge at the time. In modern times, it is estimated that up to 50 percent of marriages include some form of infidelity. While this number may seem high, it is important to remember that it only includes cases where infidelity is reported. Estimates range from 95 percent to 100 percent of all marriages experience some degree of infidelity during their lifetime.