The BBC reports, “One in 10 people who go to Relate blamed the net for their rocky relationship…”
And it isn’t just the problem of online affairs – you can end up an “online widow” – or widower!
“E-mails sent to BBC News Online bear out the danger the net can pose to relationships.
“My wife of 10 years had an affair with a guy she met on the internet – ironically after I had shown her how to use it. We are still together and trying to sort our life out,” one reader confessed.
Another man expressed his frustration about the amount of time his wife was online.
“I use the internet, but I can happily live without it. I just wish this was the case with my wife,” he wrote.
“When she gets in from work, the PC goes on and it can be five or more hours before she logs off. Our marriage is suffering as a result, as is her relationship with her son,” he said. “
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“If you torture the data, it will confess”.
I find it hard to believe this particular statistic. That could be because I’m a trained skeptic, though.
Comment by Harald — 17 April 2002 @ 9:00 pm