I’m not a Buddhist, but one of the guidelines is sexual morality.

Here’s the thing ~ it’s a slippery slope. First it’s a warm hug. Then it’s hand holding. Then it’s hair stroking. And then Soul Friend gets jealous of DH. Then he’s leaving inappropriate texts. Then the wife suspects he’s in love with you. Then his mother dies and wife gives you the hairy eyeball at the funeral when you go to support him. Then DH is more jealous than he claims or you find he has had a bit of side action all along. Then the children get jealous of your time with Uncle Soul Friend. Then the youngest child calls him “Daddy”.

Honestly? I had something like this happen and I had to shut it down.

I would have Soul Friend and Family over several times a year. You will always have that mystical soul connection, but I wouldn’t see him alone. The wife’s spidey senses would be tingling from the energy shift. And it bothers me that DH isn’t a little jealous that another man is interested in his wife.