Opinion | Another adultery website - why get married at all?

"Victoria Milan. Relive the passion. Have an affair.” Do you feel trapped in a monotonous and loveless marriage? Victoria Milan is a new dating site “for married and attached people seeking confidential affairs.” Whether you seek “an innocent and friendly web flirt, a casual one-night stand, or a long term real life affair”, Victoria Milan promises to provide a safe, anonymous online environment. You can search and interact with married and attached members. Europe-based, it seems now to have spread its cheating wings to Hong Kong . “Our members are people just like you, seeking to relive that magical feeling once again.” That magical feeling? Well, good luck.

A third of online singles lie
Studies show, the Victoria Milan folks continue, that a third of online singles are not at all single. They are married or attached and lying. No surprises there. But VM is a dating site specifically created for attached people seeking a fling, “so there is no reason to hide or lie about your relationship status.” Well, except to your partner, of course. But partners don’t seem to matter. This sure is the “me” generation.

Hidden shallows
Most members want someone married, so be honest about your status, they insist. Honest? On a cheating website? No need to fess up to your real relationship status. They don’t even want your name or ID. Just create your own user ID and away you go.

Then comes the best bit: “Get acquainted with members and share more personal information as they gain your trust.” That’s right: trust. What does trust have to do with cheating?

After that other adultery website: Ashley Madison, that we had scraped the barrel. Seemingly not – the conclusion is there’s a lot of dishonest people out there.

Avoid high tech trap

Victoria Milan publishes quirky little surveys. This one caught my eye: Top five ways to avoid being caught in a high tech trap