Ashley.com

I just learned something about  on line cheating on a spouse or what the politically correct call "a significant other". It seems allot of people are cheating and it's pretty easy to do.  There is a web site called AshleyMadison.com. a general dating site that targets people who want to cheat those they say they love. The site itself states on the its home page (I looked at it for "research" purposes only!) that, "Ashley Madison is the world's leading married dating service for discreet encounters.

Trouble for the cheaters is, it isn't as discreet as it claims. Computer hackers breached the site in order to expose the users and are beginning to share user data online.  Ashley says to its users that prospective users, "Life is short. Have an affair." Well, they also might say' Have a divorce and lose half your assets and your kids. Not only that the hackers have the users credit card info. AshleyMadison.com's owners claim 40 million users for the site. Wow! Is anyone not cheating?  No problem in knowing who the cheaters are because the hackers have posted included names, addresses and phone numbers submitted by users. The data also included descriptions of what members were seeking: "I'm looking for someone who isn't happy at home or just bored and looking for some excitement," one member wrote. "I love it when I'm called and told I have 15 minutes to get to someplace where I'll be greeted at the door with a surprise — maybe lingerie, nakedness."

No, no! That wasn't from me. It was a sample of the cheater wants. Ashley  Madison (I wonder if Ashley is a real person or just another company invention like Sarah Lee. And if Ashley is real, does she cheat too?) Ashley says its investigation into this is still ongoing and that it is "actively monitoring and investigating this situation to determine the validity of any information posted online." The company said it would "continue to devote significant resources to this effort." Uh, I think they mean, We got caught with our pants down here, but then....what do you expect?"

The hackers, who call themselves the Impact Team, demanded that Ashley take down the site as well as the companion site EstablishedMen.com (go ahead and have a thrill...click to see this one too), which "promises to connect beautiful young women with rich sugar daddies." So what is the lesson in all this? I am not sure there is only one.

Let's see. Lesson one is to cheat the old fashioned a way, you'll have less chance of being caught. Lesson two might be that morally superior types who expose others for their wrong doing are more ethically deficient that the ordinary cheater they hope to ruin. And finally, lesson three is that a whole lot of people are having more fun out there than  are you and I.