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Thinking about an affair

What to decide before you show a profile, what an affair means here, and what you do not have to do just to look.
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You can look before you decide. Wanting something the marriage, or the long relationship, does not have is a usual reason to be here. It is not a decision you have to finish before you open an account. After you join you can pause your profile. Other members cannot find it or open it while it is paused. You can still read, and you can show it again when you want to.

An affair on Only Amour means an occasional meeting between two adults who have both agreed to keep it private. It is not a second household, and it is not a promise to leave someone. What an affair means here is that shape. When a relationship feels separate is the longer description of why someone already partnered might be reading this. Secret affairs is what the privacy looks like once you have started.

If you do write a profile, say the true situation. Married, separated, or single are different facts. A secret that starts with a lie about being single is how the other person gets hurt. You do not have to tell the story of the marriage. One sentence about what you can offer, and one about what you cannot, is enough. For married women is that page if the fact is a husband at home.

You do not owe a stranger a photo you cannot take back, a phone number, or a meeting this week in order to find out whether this is what you want. Stay on the site while you are still deciding. A move to another app is a common line, and it is also how a careful look becomes a message someone at home can open.

If you decide you do not want it, stop. You can leave the profile paused, or you can close the account. You do not have to meet someone to tell them no. Only Amour will never charge you for looking, for messaging, or for changing your mind.

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