Ashley Madison to open in the UK

April 20th, 2010

US cheaters’ dating website, Ashley Madison is apparently going to expand to the UK market. I can’t wait to see the response their incredibly annoying ads will get in the UK. Apparently UK cheaters looking to have affairs can already register on the site, but there hasn’t been any marketing done yet in the UK.

For the record, I think cheating is a complex issue and you can’t (or shouldn’t) judge everyone who cheats and condemn them to hell. I find it sad, more than anything else. Sad that people can be so bad at communicating, they’d go behind people’s backs rather than be open about their own needs with themselves or each other. It’s also sad that in the 21st century there are still people trapped in loveless marriages without being able to legally or safely leave.

On the other hand, I’m not entirely keen on so-called “lifestyle cheaters” – people who knowingly choose to cheat on their spouses / partners because they enjoy the thrill of the forbidden. I’m certainly not keen on sites such as Ashley Madison that actively encourage people to cheat on their partners and then pocket the cash.

Still, I’d rather people who want to cheat go somewhere like that and leave the normal dating sites to actual singles.

What do you think? Will this site get a good reception in the UK? Will ads encouraging people to cheat go down well with the British public?

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2 Comments Add your own

1. AS | April 29th, 2010 at 4:13 pm

As someone from the UK, personally I think that if someone is going to cheat, they will do this regardless of and ad offering them a service to cater for this. There will always be temptation out there whether it is through the people that you meet in your everyday life, or via social networking & online dating sites.

If you’re going to cheat, ad or no ad, you’re going to do it.
2. nat westferry | December 10th, 2010 at 10:49 am

Ashley Madison is a scam site full of fake female profiles. The only reason they’ve come to the UK is that they’re running out of married male mugs in the US. If you must cheat, then better to go on one of the long established and much more discrete UK alternatives like Illicit Encounters or Marital Affair where the women are genuine.

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