It’s the capitol in more ways than one:
“Simply put, the more successful you are, the more prone to cheating you are, and Washington is full of successful people looking for something outside their marriage,” said Noel Biderman, CEO of Avid Life Media, which owns Ashley Madison, in a statement.
If you want to know more about cheating in Washington — how many people are doing it and why it’s done — we put in a list of questions to Biderman. His answers are after the jump:
From USA Today:
Husbands and wives take note: If Valentine’s Day expectations aren’t met, your mate might soon be looking elsewhere for a little romance and appreciation.
That may sound like a cautionary tale, but for Noel Biderman and others who have founded dating websites for married people, it’s a lucrative business.
“The day after Valentine’s Day is one of our biggest days of the year,” says Biderman, founder and CEO of Ashley Madison, a 10-year-old site that unapologetically caters to “discreet” encounters for the married or otherwise attached. “People are disappointed by their spouses’ lack of effort, and they feel especially undervalued when there is a societal expectation of romance. Certain days of the year act as litmus tests for many people in relationships.”
He says his site actually saves marriages. Biderman knows of course this is pure grade-A crapola but when you’re making a lot of money sometimes you’ll say and do anything to justify it.
If you thought that Ashley Madison was the only site out there encouraging married people to cheat then think again. Apparently Australia is having quite a boom in that direction. According to studies the number of Australians admitting to an extramarital affair is quite high. Very high.
Here’s the link to an audio interview in which psychologist Pamela Wakefield-Semmens talks about just what exactly does the word commitment mean to the folks down under. You can pretty much guess it means the same thing to many people in other parts of the world.
That’s according to Ashley Madison. And just how much did their business jump the first month of this year? If the numbers are to be believed it borders on frightening.
