What Is Your Opinion – Online Cheating
March 23, 2009 by Michelle Smith
Filed under Relationships
Today, I ran across this article that mentions The Ashley Madison Agency. The Ashley Madison Agency is an online dating service for married people. Their tag line is “Life is short. Have an affair.”
Seriously? ”Life is short” and you are going to spend part of it doing something that leads to wasting a large part of it plotting and lying and feeling guilty? You couldn’t just… I don’t know… eat donut? Buy yourself something over-priced? Wouldn’t pretty much anything be a better way to cheat ?
“The World’s Premier Discreet Dating Service” has more than 3.5 million members. There are approximately 8.5 men for every 1.5 women, but due to the “points” system that Ashley Madison uses, they say “…one out of every 10 men actually purchases credits enabling them to contact female members, the probable ratio is closer to 1-1.”
I’m curious about your opinion – if people sign up for an online dating services that is focused on people meeting up for an affair (sex), then would the Ashley Madison Agency be guilty, in a sense, of pimping or pandering? If not legally, what about morally?
There’s even a guarantee - take a look at this:
Under the AshleyMadison.com Affair Guarantee Program, …if you don’t find someone within the initial 3 months after purchasing the “Affair Guarantee” Membership Package, we’ll refund you $249, being the amount you paid for participating in the Program…”
If you’ve got to work so hard that you actually buy a guarantee, then why not just get out of your marriage and openly meet someone? I’m sorry, I just don’t get cheating.
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I believe that the people who are on these websites are disgusting! Marriage is something that is taken so lightly in today’s generation. What happened to being loyal, faithful and honest? What about morals and respect for yourself and especially your partner? The people who create,promote and make a living off these websites should be ashamed of themselves and seek forgiveness. The low down creeps (Men and women) that participate should most certainly do the same. I have no respect for people who behave this way and I would not pity them at all if they caught an STD or lost what they valued most life. I mean come on?!… Is sex that important?!!
I don’t think that cheating is about sex really. I think it’s about having a secret or some sort of ego boost or power trip. I try really hard not to be judge-y, but I can’t help wondering what kind of people feel good about making money in this way. Do their families know that they run an online dating service for married people?
I’m a firm believer in you get back what you put out there. What do you get back when you put something like this out there?
Hmmm, people now pay an online service to cheat while they are married? That is just crazy. I just do not understand the whole concept of cheating on your spouse. I do agree with you though that it isn’t really about sex. I think people get frustrated with all that life hands them and it can be a way to escape. If they are paying $249 for three months they ought to spend that money and take their spouse on a romantic get away weekend. They obviously were attracted to whom ever they married so why not refocus on that and enjoy the person they made a commitment too. If you connect with your partner then the sex just gets better and better. One night stands are highly over-rated.
Man oh man. What’s the world coming too? Isn’t it bad enough to cheat? Now, people are paying to find someone to cheat with. Disgusting.
Cheating is all about sex. Its nothing personal, even though it is “personal.”
If you are going to use Ashley Madison to have an affair, make sure to search google for “affair tips” first so you can have an affair and not get caught!