Innocent Fun

As a public affairs host, I get tons of offers to cover topics ranging from dog whisperers to Pastors that can make you a millionaire overnight.

You can call me naive, but here's one I never would have imagined. 

Cheating websites.

And I'm not talking card games. Here was a chance to interview the woman behind one of the most successful marital cheating sites. The idea was repugnant enough for me to delete the email straightaway.

But shortly, another similar offer came.  So I did a search to find out if it was a joke or not.

It was no joke. A customer of the site wrote an article based upon her experiences for a Toronto magazine. She described how a "friend" told her about the site, and how exciting it was. It didn't appear to take long for her to begin fantasizing about discreet relationships with men other than her husband, whom she described at the beginning as faithful, loving, supportive of her career, and a wonderful father.

She catalogued her many attempts to find a man who would excite her sexually, and her frustration with the time it was taking. But she persevered.

Eventually she found a man who met her preliminary criteria. But it turned out, much to her dismay, that he was a flop in bed.

And as pitiful as the idea was to begin with, her reaction was worse. She became disenchanted with the site, because she couldn't find anyone that she wanted to hook up with. After several failed attempts at extramarital sex, she gave up and, as she put it, settled for her devoted and supportive husband because at least he was good in bed.

It takes two to tango, and these sites are rife with both men and women of this ilk. 

Thankfully, all the replies to the articles were unified in their condemnation of her actions and those of the men she wanted to cheat with.

I feel sorry for her. She understands what she is trying to do would destroy her family, but does it anyway.

I feel sorry for her husband. He's being cuckolded and blissfully thinks his wife is pure.

Mostly I feel sorry for their children. That she is who she is, and what influence she might have on them.