 merrie says: ~ ~ ~ ~ A tale of online cheating and real-world heartbreak~ ~ ~ ~ Kira and Rik, you see, don’t exist. They are avatars, online characters who were created by Kristen and Steve in Second Life, an internet fantasy world, where you can reinvent yourself and embark on the kind of adventures you’ve always dreamed of – including a WAG-style white wedding with 20ft train, and even, as we have seen today, the phenomenon of cyber-adultery. “Kira was everything I should have been,” says Kristen, who has a 12-year-old son. “Beautiful, blonde and slim. My real life was diabolical and I wanted an escape. In Second Life I could be who I wanted to be, and when I met Nik I was in control for the first time in years. I got my life back.” It gets even weirder once you realise that Kristen’s mother logged on to Second Life to see her “daughter” Kira wed Nik and that Steve’s mate was his best man, watching, all choked up, on the sidelines. The bizarre event was the culmination of five months of cyber-dating, during which time Kirsten and Steve’s avatars met in Second Life, struck up a virtual rapport, had virtual sex and moved in together, virtually. And all this time Kristin and Steve were online, making it happen, choreographing their avatars’ every move for up to eight hours a day, despite the fact that each had a real-life partner, who was unaware they were being cuckolded by a cartoon graphic from a glorified 3D computer game. [url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/3457828/Avatars-and-Second-Life-adultery-A-tale-of-online-cheating-and-real-world-heartbreak.html]“Neither of us went on Second Lif... A good rule of thumb: if you find yourself asking "would what I'm doing right now count as cheating?" the answer is probably YES. Even better rule of thumb: would I have any reservations about telling my spouse/sweetie/partner about what I'm doing right now? Would I be worried if I thought somebody else was going to disclose what I've been doing to my partner? If yes, don't do what you're doing! I don't think I could ever cheat and have an affair. I don't have the stamina to keep up the lying!  I don't think I could ever cheat and have an affair. I don't have the stamina to keep up the lying! Exactly. I think the lying and subsequent mistrust it creates is the most damaging part of infidelity. |
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