Two Million Members!

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I was deeply disturbed by a radio ad I heard this morning. It's for an Internet dating service - which I suppose is fine if that's all you have going for you - but this service is for married men and women who want to discreetly (yeah ask Spitzer) cheat on their spouses.

The ad asks if you're feeling neglected at home. It preys on your senses saying that there are other lonely people waiting to meet you. It promises that you will stay anonymous and never have to give your sex partner your true name.

Sound enticing?

The disturbing part is that there are two million people actively using the service.

The unbelievable catch phrase is "Play with someone else's wife tonight!"

Give me a freaking break. Is this how we've evolved? I just don't get it. If you're tired of the person your with - shouldn't you make a clean break of it?

I must admit that I'm not a good liar and I don't argue well. Early in our marriage, during a heated exchange, I actually gave my wife two week's notice. She loved that one. "Two weeks? Go now!" she laughed.

Yet isn't it a real tragedy that this is what it has boiled down to for 2 million people?

Porn is the number one business on the internet. Drugs are our number one import behind oil - and we all know how that's working out and now they sell a service by advertising discreet sex with someone else's wife?

I suppose one way to look at it is that there's a reason why she is out there too. Is that what people need? Someone elses discarded or neglected mess?

Comments

John said…
Sounds "enticing". What's the website? If there are two million out there, why not 2,000,001?
22 May, 2008
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