Virtual cheating = divorce?

Are "physical" relations with using an avitar a deal breaker?

  • No, thats silly

    Votes: 11 30.6%

  • No, provided there's no emotional bond.

    Votes: 4 11.1%

  • Yes, its as bad as the real world act.

    Votes: 13 36.1%

  • Depends

    Votes: 8 22.2%
  • Total voters
    36
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/11/14/second.life.divorce/index.html
CNN said:
A British couple who married in a lavish Second Life wedding ceremony are to divorce after one of them had an alleged "affair" in the online world.
Amy Taylor, 28, said she had caught husband David Pollard, 40, having sex with an animated woman.
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Taylor said she had caught Pollard's avatar having sex with a virtual prostitute: "I looked at the computer screen and could see his character having sex with a female character. It's cheating as far as I'm concerned."
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The matrix has us.
I suppose it's a violation of trust, but is it really cheating?
 
So my question would be, if you walked in on your significant other in their "all hot and breathy post wowie" moment from a VR romp, how would you feel?
 
PittsDriver said:
So my question would be, if you walked in on your significant other in their "all hot and breathy post wowie" moment from a VR romp, how would you feel?
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Jesse, where's that "ignore thread" function you promised to install?
 
There isn't enough alcohol in the universe to even get me debating this retarded behavior. Holy christmas, some people need to get out more.

Cheers,

-Andrew
 
In the old days it was the milkman or the sister, who could possibly give a darn what a couple of cartoons were doing?

This world has gotten so weird anyway, doesn't surprise me at all.

John
 
I once knew a guy who got into these "virtual life" kind of video games. His wife and son too. His wife was a 'dancer' in the virtual bars and he was some sort of warrior. They would play every-day during every waking moment. They spoke to each other via the video game even though they were only a few feet apart.

One day he saw his wife 'cheating' on him with another guy in the game. He challenged the other guy to a 'virtual fight'. This 'cheating' went on for a few weeks and he was always arguing with her in the game. One day he came home from work--his son and her computer were gone. They moved from Minnesota to Maine to live with this guy from the video game.

He quit playing and quit his job. He was last scene by a co-worker sitting outside during new years in his boxers on a curb. No idea what happened to him. Oh btw, this guy was my *boss*.
 
That's just plain wierd.

But, no more strange than two guys making a virtual fly-in at some airport and one of them having to remain in a hold until the other arrived so they could land together. :D
 
KennyFlys said:
That's just plain wierd.

But, no more strange than two guys making a virtual fly-in at some airport and one of them having to remain in a hold until the other arrived so they could land together. :D
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Nah - that could never happen. VATSIM? Move along, nothing to see here.
 
VR marriage and VR cheating is this a real divorce I mean this is the most freaking insane crud I've ever heard of.
 
Without going into details, I've seen this happen to a close person to me, sort of. Was a real life marriage, but a virtual cheater.

And yes, he can rot in hell for the pain it caused the woman. Not to mention it was followed up with real life cheating.
 
This one is even stranger...

Woman arrested for killing virtual reality husband
TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- A 43-year-old Japanese woman whose sudden divorce in a virtual game world made her so angry that she killed her online husband's digital persona has been arrested on suspicion of hacking, police said Thursday.
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That would be hacking a computer, not hacking the guy...
 
This topic is interesting given my line of work. I am a private investigator and have seen numerous divorces that were caused by online relationships. Once the emotional hurt has been caused it is very easy to change into the physical world. It may sound strange but it happens more than people realize. Some of these people take the online virtual thing and then eventually meet the person in real life even though both partners know one of them or both of them is married.

Interesting topic... I have never done a cheating spouse surveillance from an aircraft....LOL
 
There are more and more weird stories about this online stuff than I can count. Wonder when someone will suggest prohibition....

In this morning's paper was an advice column emblazened with the question of whether virtual "cheating" was grounds for real divorce...

astanley said:
There isn't enough alcohol in the universe to even get me debating this retarded behavior. Holy christmas, some people need to get out more.

Cheers,

-Andrew
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astanley said:
Just checked. There still isn't enough liquor in the universe...
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I see you've once tried to drink a New Zealander under the table late at night in the states.... :cheerswine:
 
wsuffa said:
I see you've once tried to drink a New Zealander under the table late at night in the states.... :cheerswine:
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Kiwis? Bunch of Sheep Shaggers.... all you gotta do is cook up a good batch of shine and they fall over as soon as it hits their lips. Shoot, any Tennessee born 3 year old can put a Kiwi under the table....
 
wsuffa said:
In this morning's paper was an advice column emblazened with the question of whether virtual "cheating" was grounds for real divorce...
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I thought pretty much anything was grounds for divorce. Do we still need to give a reason? :confused:
 
Uhhh, those people are messed up. The VR thing is dopey.
 
Henning said:
Kiwis? Bunch of Sheep Shaggers.... all you gotta do is cook up a good batch of shine and they fall over as soon as it hits their lips. Shoot, any Tennessee born 3 year old can put a Kiwi under the table....
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Got a half quart of NC 195 in my fridge at home, "Old Scratch, Batch # 6". It was a full quart this summer.

Cheers,

-Andrew
whistle-wettin'
 
There should be a "Yes, not AS bad as real world, but still bad" option.

My ex wife was engaging in cyber sex with someone in EverQuest.

Note the key word: ex wife.
 
Greebo said:
There should be a "Yes, not AS bad as real world, but still bad" option.

My ex wife was engaging in cyber sex with someone in EverQuest.

Note the key word: ex wife.
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I do not *even* understand that.

Now, a friend of mine, tech-savvy, told me that there had been some research and development done on a "Johnson Port."

Whatever that is... :confused:
 
So the wife is upset that her husband was cheating online with a guy pretending to be a girl?
 
The thing with VR games like Second Life is that it provides people with a means of escape and a chance to be someone else and live out a fantasy. When someone cheats in a VR setting like this, that could mean that they have a deep-rooted desire to be with someone else, which I think could be cause for real-life divorce. So, I think it depends on the situation.

Of course, then there's Dwight Schrute from "The Office", whose Second Life persona is also a thirty-something, nerdy, glasses-wearing, paper salesman from Scranton, PA.
 
t0r0nad0 said:
The thing with VR games like Second Life is that it provides people with a means of escape and a chance to be someone else and live out a fantasy.
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We used to call this being a novelist...
 
Provided it doesn't evolve into a VR relationship on to itself, isn't visiting the VR prostitute just a fantasy, but using more tech then imagination? Because otherwise, doesn't any sort of role playing with the real world SO become a form of cheating with your SO?
 
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