Rosie Freeman-Jones, of Illicit Encounters, said: 'We've seen a dramatic rise in membership in London as the recession has forced people to stay in marriages they would rather get out of.'This is further evidence that women can be much colder-hearted in their narcissistic pursuit of that ephemeral happiness than most men realize. If a woman can't leave the economic comforts of a broken marriage in what she considers to be reasonable financial condition, it appears she will not hesitate to make do with cuckoldry in the meantime.
But it seems women are still keen to move on, despite being forced to stay in an unhappy marriage. The site has also seen a 20% rise of women joining in the last year and now active users are three and a half women to every man.
Freeman-Jones said:'In these ecomonic times no one wants to make an investment either financially or emotionally. Many women have expressed that it's an escape from the drudgery that is reality at the moment. Most women would be looking for Mr Right but these woman are looking for Mr Right Now- the thrill that doesn't cost them emotional upset.
I wonder if Illicit Encounters has ever considered exploring its opportunities to produce ancillary revenue? I imagine once its growth begins to slow, it could significantly extend its income-generating lifespan by offering an anonymous search function to husbands and wives who wish to learn if their spouse has ever been a user of the site.
Alternatively, if Internet-enhanced adultery turns out to be a growth market, how long will it be before we see Google introduce Google Cheat.
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Not that I have any hard evidence to back this up, but I think all statistics based on these dating websites shouldn't be relied upon for anything. My gut tells me that the majority of online personal ads by "women", especially a site like "Illicit Encounters" would just be scam accounts attempting to get personal info of desperate men. It's guys that look hard for sex, women just have to make themselves a tad more receptive. So that blurb about 3.5:1 women to men ratio, I don't buy it.
Oh, boy. Damned if you do, damned if you don't as far as making bank, it seems. You might earn enough for her to go through the motions of appearing to commit to you beyond the short-term, but I'd be willing to bet she (or the majority of women) could likely be persuaded to cheat against you nonetheless by the Alpha temp Warehouse worker.
That's possible, Dom, but it doesn't necessarily apply to all sites that are of similar categorical nature to Illicit. As you mentioned, it's not especially difficult to identify scam accounts compared to legitimate ones, particularly after having attempted to interact with any of them.
I assume you could just as easily lie about being married for such a site. I'm not sure whether that would be a more attractive option to a single male or female, however.
"Many women have expressed that it's an escape from the drudgery that is reality at the moment."
I see this all the time and I know it's been touched on here before. It's not even necessarily the reality of what's happening now, it's the perception.
Women, in general, seem to have a hard time accepting reality and would rather escape than endure.
If I were in charge of marketing an online affair site... or literally anything else that implied sex, I too would suggest some dramatic imbalance of too many women in order to draw more men.
It's guys that look hard for sex, women just have to make themselves a tad more receptive
Finding opportunities to have sex is easy for women. But being reasonably confident that her husband won't ever find out about it, takes more effort. THIS is the "value" that the service is providing, not just the sex.
Plus, the excitement of it all is only important to women. Men will just find a prostitute in the same situation. She'll almost certainly be prettier than a random adulterous wife, and the transaction is simpler.
"But it seems women are still keen to move on, despite being forced to stay in an unhappy marriage."
I call BS. The women are choosing to stay in these marriages and choosing to cheat. If they were actually staying in these marriages, there wouldn't be any cheating going on. These women are being validated for their choice to violate their own freely chosen commitments.
It's never safe to assume you're safe.
Vox says: "
Alternatively, if Internet-enhanced adultery turns out to be a growth market, how long will it be before we see Google introduce Google Cheat. "
Or they could call it "The Google Spot".
Can anyone access Roissy? All I get is a page saying that the authors have deleted the blog.
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