| Cheater websites have become commonplace on | | | | different towns, who practices cyber-sex. |
| the Internet. Website such as and specialize | | | | Cyber-sex evolves into phone sex slowly, but |
| in promoting discrete affairs between married | | | | the chances of cheating are less probable as |
| and committed people. Make sure your partner | | | | they need to travel to meet each other. Even |
| is not frequenting these sites by checking | | | | more, experienced cheaters will contact |
| their computer history. Also, watch for | | | | people in those places where they know that |
| escort sites such as or bigdoggie.net to find | | | | will be traveling soon. Check this out |
| out whether your husband or boyfriend is | | | | |
| paying for prostitutes. Studies which were | | | | Married and committed people who utilize |
| conducted recently revealed that 45-55% of | | | | cheater websites want to have their cake and |
| married women and 50-60% of married men | | | | to eat it too. Unfortunately, this is always |
| engage in extramarital sex at some time or | | | | unbeknownst to the unsuspecting partner. |
| another during their relationship (Atwood & | | | | Sites like Ashley Madison tap into a very |
| Schwartz, 2002 - Journal of Couple & | | | | profitable place within the online personals |
| Relationship Therapy) . | | | | arena by bringing honesty to the dishonest |
| | | | practice of cheating. They allow people an |
| There are several ways for the cheater to | | | | alternative to a traditional personals site |
| cheat on the Internet and there are several | | | | where they may have to lie and say they are |
| degrees of cheating on the Internet as well. | | | | single, thus giving potential mates the wrong |
| It is imperative to mention that Internet is | | | | impression-yet they make light of lying to a |
| particularly successful in putting people in | | | | spouse or partner. Married people seem to |
| contact as it provides a way to interact with | | | | seek other married people to give themselves |
| less inhibition and more caution when knowing | | | | a sense of added security in an inherently |
| somebody else than the real life. | | | | insecure position. Their preference to cheat |
| | | | within their own camp is based on assumptions |
| The common places one finds themselves | | | | about people with spouses: They will not |
| meeting on the Internet are thousands, and | | | | demand too much of the other person's time; |
| they are can be classified into the following | | | | they will be less invested in the |
| categories: Chat rooms. (MSN and Yahoo are | | | | relationship since they already have one; |
| the most used); Friend networks. (Hi5 and | | | | they are more understanding about a |
| Orkut are very popular); Direct contact | | | | last-minute cancellation because the wife is |
| through chat profiles. (Looking through the | | | | sick and the kids need to go to soccer |
| profiles of MSN members); Sites to match | | | | practice. Ideally, all those things are true, |
| couples (Perfectmatch, match, etc) and | | | | but in the real world, there are no |
| Relationship sites (Passion, Adult Friend | | | | guarantees and having everything out in the |
| Finder, etc). | | | | open does not mean there won't be drama. |
| | | | These assumptions make all married people out |
| It is important to know that not everyone who | | | | to be normal and stable, and all single |
| chats or even meet in real life is a cheater. | | | | people end up looking like needy, |
| Internet is a great and wonderful resource | | | | unreasonable fools with no boundaries |
| and we all are responsible on how we are | | | | desperate to fall in love and break up a |
| going to use it. Finally, there is another | | | | marriage. |
| set of people, especially those who live in | | | | |