The recent phenomenon of cyber infidelity is greatly increasing due to the availability and technology. But, current research is atheoretical, lacking a common language as to how cyber infidelity affects the face-to-face couple. Applying Sternberg\u27s Triangular Theory of Love (1986) is a step in defining aspects of the effects of cyber infidelity. Language among existing research is strikingly comparable to Sternberg\u27s theory. Applying this theory and making the applications using Sternberg\u27s components shows that this theory has the strong potential to create a common language concerning the effects cyber infidelity has on the face-to-face couple
