Ok, I am embarassed to discuss this but I will. Of course its entirely anecdotal.
Many moons ago I used to hack onto AOL and terrorize people for kicks. Don't ask me why, I was obviously bored and young. In any case, I can tell you that in those days they only people on AOL (obviously an exaggeration - but seriously, most of the folks) were folks in unhappy marriages and we stupid hacker kids. AOL allowed them to escape the marriage, meet someone who seemed to truly appreciate them (because they too were escaping a bad marriage) and basically throw the marriage out without working on it at all. The marital support system was replaced by the online buddies and usually an online gf/bf. The spouse of the individual would realize something was up by the amount of time spent on the computer and would begin to try and make amends with the unhappy person. The unhappy person, under other circumstances might have been inclined to work it out, however because of the "support" of their online friends they generally didnt' bother and dumped a 20 year marriage for a 3 month internet affair with someone they never met. Some of those 3 month internet affairs actually worked out though. There was also a large number of abused women who hang out on aol, who have no way to leave their husbands, but thats another story. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 6:47 AM Subject: RE: Internet cited as marriage wrecker > After reading the article, it seemed rather self-serving, perhaps to drum up > support for that counseling service? > > I am very skeptical of these so-called articles there's typically more > anecdote than data. I'm still waiting for a decent study to be done on the > issue, perhaps something like relating divorce rates with internet usage and > type of internet access (broadband vs. dialup; mainly at work/school or at > home etc). Otherwise its just hearsay. > > larry > > -- > Larry C. Lyons > ColdFusion/Web Developer > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > EBStor.com > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > tel: (703) 393-7930 > fax: (703) 393-2659 > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > http://www.pacel.com > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > -- > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dan Phillips [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 10:34 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Internet cited as marriage wrecker > > > > > > Here is an interesting topic for discussion. > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1931000/1931035.stm > > > > > > **sits down with blueberry muffin and glass of Juice, waiting for the > > discussions to begin** > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
