Beth, I wonder if we've met online before. I was a beta tester of the client software and a charter member when AOL was Mac only. Mind you I mainly hung about the hypercard and the psychology groups.
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: Beth F [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 12:12 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Internet cited as marriage wrecker > > > 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** > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
