MSNBC - Mar 30 - Writer signs up for Ashley Madison and meets with husbands to figure out why they stray. In her profile, she says that she is married, because many of the men don't want the complications of seeing a single woman. Overnight she receive 164 messages. 68% of the site's members are men, and their average age is 44. You think this is a site for sex in motels. Ashley Madison's president, Noel Biderman, certainly does. He says that the men are there for one thing. "This is about sex." He is wrong that all the men on AM want sex and sex alone. There are plenty of men who says he is happily married when what he really means is he is complacently bored. They might be looking to fall in love. On Ashley Madison, wives are mostly reduced to pronouns, and in that reduction they are less a human than a fact that shares their home. In the most extreme, these pronouns become antiheroes to the plan. One of the most striking things about Ashley Madison users is that they can literally be anybody.
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Mark Brooks: My tips for a happy marriage. 1. Take a date night EVERY week at least once. 2. Always, always be honest. 3. No disrespect. 4. Take time to communicate clearly. 5. Get a really fast motorbike and go for a fast ride round a small island (like Malta) once a week. :-)
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5. Get a really fast motorbike and go for a fast ride round a small island (like Malta) once a week. :-)
....that's not a tip for happy marriage but a tip for happy husband:)
Posted by: Irena Brooks | Mar 31, 2011 at 01:31 PM
Trust is paramount in a marriage.
Now you trust me at 90mph with nothing but my ass to hold onto. Isn't this good for our relationship? :-)
Posted by: Mark Brooks | Mar 31, 2011 at 03:10 PM
Yawl are too funny. And if you have a date night once a week with
two babies in the house, yawl are also a True Miracle From God.
GiddyUp, from Austin, Texas.
Posted by: Kerry Gray | Mar 31, 2011 at 05:47 PM
ha! boys like their toys =)
Posted by: Saïd Amin | Mar 31, 2011 at 09:51 PM
All I know is the stat 68% men is probably fictitous and is more likely closer to 85% men.No I can't prove it and I can assure you neither will they nor can they prove who's actually MARRIED on the site or who's single and looking for vulnerable,miserable,stuck in bad marriage people(women) that will have no strings attatched sex. How many men would sign up to a site that is proven to have 85% men? Most women that are unhappily married and have kids don't even have time for their families let alone an affair,so they'd be a lot less likely to be on the site.
You know the stat we never hear about AM?How many men sign up and never meet anyone for the 60 bucks a month or whatever it costs.Just like on a regular site I'm sure only the hottest high status guys achieve any success on AM.
Posted by: JB | Apr 01, 2011 at 09:49 AM
Mark, I'm guessing that the secret to your happy marriage is patience . . . mostly hers. ;)
Posted by: Glenn G. Millar | Apr 03, 2011 at 03:42 PM