Promoting adultery

[frau kaleun]

I guess what I dislike about it is the apparent disregard of the fact that the "service" they are offering involves the deliberate betrayal of a third (and maybe fourth) party's trust, which in today's world could even be life-threatening.

"Hey, are you looking for an even easier way to lie to and cheat on your partner and possibly expose them to a variety of life-altering and potentially fatal diseases? Well, we're here to help!"

I know people have been cheating on each other since the dawn of time, but someone trying to cash in on helping them do it - ugh.

[krashkart]

That's the point I wish I could have made, Frau. I don't always find the words to convey my meaning.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by krashkart

That's the point I wish I could have made, Frau. I don't always find the words to convey my meaning.

Well, having once been the third party in question, I can find a LOT of words on the subject, lol.

I really don't care what consenting adults get up to, as long as nobody else is being lied to or betrayed in the process. There are such things as "open marriages" and as long as all parties know what's going on and freely agree to it, it's nobody else's business... but most of the time it's just a matter of one person wanting the benefits of having another person fully committed to *them* without the responsibility of being fully committed to anyone or anything themselves.

Yeah, like was said above - this is one of those things in life where a lot of people want to have their cake and eat it too, and those people can bite me.

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Well, having once been the third party in question, I can find a LOT of words on the subject, lol.

I really don't care what consenting adults get up to, as long as nobody else is being lied to or betrayed in the process. There are such things as "open marriages" and as long as all parties know what's going on and freely agree to it, it's nobody else's business... but most of the time it's just a matter of one person wanting the benefits of having another person fully committed to *them* without the responsibility of being fully committed to anyone or anything themselves.

Yeah, like was said above - this is one of those things in life where a lot of people want to have their cake and eat it too, and those people can bite me.

Don't like cheaters. They commit the most devestating offense that can be perpetrated on ANY animal (people don't have an exclusive on this one). It's what I call:

A betrayal of trust.

[Arclight]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

I guess what I dislike about it is the apparent disregard of the fact that the "service" they are offering involves the deliberate betrayal of a third (and maybe fourth) party's trust, which in today's world could even be life-threatening.

"Hey, are you looking for an even easier way to lie to and cheat on your partner and possibly expose them to a variety of life-altering and potentially fatal diseases? Well, we're here to help!"

I know people have been cheating on each other since the dawn of time, but someone trying to cash in on helping them do it - ugh.

Exactly my concern.

I mean, of course we have this "dating" advertising everywhere as well; after midnight, almost every single TV-channel stops their regular broadcast and switches to these "dating-shows" with barely clad women, interlaced with similar commercials for all kinds of mobile-phone services. Over the past years it's even become common to see naked breasts, and lately even the more "intimate" parts (it's Holland, after all ). I can tell you that if I ever have children, they won't have TV in their room till their 16-17 (that's the plan, though I doubt I'll hold out that long ). Even the channels that continue their normal broadcast around the clock start airing commercials for phone-apps that are questionable at best (penis-meter, anyone?).

I was very appreciative of these things when I was a teenager though.

*cough*

My point is: this is the first time I've been confronted by spam/advertising that encourages people to betray their partner, and I found it a little disturbing. The line may be thin, but this is clearly crossing it as far as I'm concerned.