DAILYMAIL.CO.UK – A surge in post-holiday infidelity and relationship breakups has marked January as a peak period for marital tensions, dubbed "Blue Monday for relationships." Illicit Encounters, a dating site for affairs, reported a 33% rise in sign-ups compared to last year, driven by feelings of dissatisfaction and the desire for a fresh start. Meanwhile, "Divorce Day" sees law firms bracing for an influx of cases, with 80% of women expressing regret for not initiating divorce sooner. Key reasons for divorce include growing apart (54%), adultery (30%), and domestic abuse (24%).
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IllicitEncounters.com Is Booming as Relationships Break Down During Pandemic
SW LONDONER – June 16 – Illicit Encounters.com sex and relationship expert Jessica Leoni said: "It's clear that affair seekers are searching for connection right now more than ever, I believe this is due to couples feeling trapped at home with their partners and frustration of married life is amplified. Many of our members report feeling lonely and unappreciated, and they are desperate to speak to like-minded people that are in the same boat." ~70% of the site's male members seeking affairs during lockdown say they do so out of boredom. For the 60% of the site's female members initiating affairs during lockdown had exposed the flaws of their main relationships and made them want to find someone new.
by Izzie Deibe
See full article at SW Londoner
Lockdown Affairs Are on the Rise
COSMOPOLITAN – Apr 17 – Illicit Encounters has seen an 18% rise in activity from male members, and a 12% rise from female members in recent weeks. More than half of these men said they'd initiated new affairs in the last four weeks, with 74% of them citing "boredom" as the reason for seeking out new lovers. 46% of female members have made contact with a new partner in that time – with the majority saying the coronavirus crisis had exposed the weakness of their relationship and made them realise they needed "fresh stimulus".
Cheating Surge in January as 120K Brits Pursue Secret Affairs
DAILY STAR – Jan 6 – January is a cheating hotspot, according to IllicitEncounters.com, which is a dating site for married people. The site sees a 37% rise in registrations in January.
More Couples Split in the Week of Valentine’s Day Than Any Other
THESUN.CO.UK – Feb 11 – According to a recent survey, the most popular way to end a relationship is by text, followed by a phone call and a chat face-to-face. Todays (Feb 12th) has been dubbed Red Tuesday due to it being the top day of the year to get dumped. The peak day for dumping is just 48 hours before February 14, according to dating site Illicit Encounters.com. Its survey found out that 37% of users said they had broken up with a lover in the week before Valentine's.
by Hayley Richardson
See full article at TheSun.co.uk
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Cheaters Tend To Get Caught After Their Third Affair
METRO.CO.UK – June 30 – Illicit Encounters surveyed 1K adulterers and found that 63% had been caught out by their partners at some point in their marriage, with the majority getting caught after their third affair. 11% were caught during their first affair after tying the knot, 12% during the second, and 21% during their third. It's thought this is because on third affairs people tend to get more lax about covering their tracks. 39% of those surveyed were caught by a partner reading their phone messages, 22% by their partner reading emails, 20% thanks to lying about their whereabouts, 14% being spotted out with a lover, and 5% caught because a family friend ratted them out.
by Ellen Scott
See full article at Metro.co.uk
IllicitEncounters Buys Private Island For It’s Members
IBTIMES – Apr 6 – IllicitEncounters.com is acquiring a private island known only as the Illicit Retreat, situated about 100 miles from Portsmouth. It will be equipped with luxury private apartments that will include a dining room, bedrooms, cooking facilities and jacuzzi. Transportation by helicopter will be provided to ensure that their members won't get caught on public transport or add a suspiciously large amount of mileage on their cars. The website claims to have 1M+ users in the UK and a sign up ratio of female to male member 45:55.
by William Watkinson
See full article at IBTimes
850,000 UK People Are Cheating Online
MIRROR.CO.UK – Feb 23 – ~850K people (5% of UK's married population) have registered on IllicitEncounters.com, the UK's largest extra-marital dating site. Men as old as 94 and one 76-year-old woman are among those to have signed up. The youngest user is just 22. Illicitencounters.com has been slammed by The Marriage Foundation and a dad from Merseyside who is going through a divorce after his wife used a similar site.
by Richard Wheatstone
See full article at Mirror.co.uk
Paul Shurey – CEO & Founder Of Illicitencounters.com
GUARDIAN.CO.UK – June 15 – Paul Shurey (aged 54) died after a fall in India this April. He was one of the key movers and shakers in the rave scene of the late 1980s and early 1990s. He began running unofficial parties from 1989. He decided to launch Tribal Gathering with several different stages and DJs. Later he moved into digital marketing and went back to university to study television production. He founded IllicitEncounters.com, a dating site for married people who wanted to have affairs. Shurey was still running the site when, in March this year, he travelled to India. He was there when he suffered a fall, hitting his head and suffering injuries from which he never recovered.
Paul Shurey, born December 24, 1958, died April 24, 2013.