> A lot of prominent people were brought down by it
Source? Don't recall this at all.
> it's treated...they were talking to real partners...presumably because that's...salacious
There's stigma against cheating that isn't mitigated by failing at it.
Source? Don't recall this at all.
> it's treated...they were talking to real partners...presumably because that's...salacious
There's stigma against cheating that isn't mitigated by failing at it.
So the assumption should be that most of the real people on the site whether they are the man or the woman, are in a relationship with someone IRL but went to AM because they wanted to cheat.
They ask you about your relationship status so probably the leaked data can tell us how many reported being in a relationship vs not. (But also keep in mind people might lie about it, in either direction.)
My bare minimum relationship standard is a partner who does neither, and I hold myself to the same standard.
What I'm trying to say is, it's okay if the person you are responding to wants more strict boundaries than the rest of us. If flirting is cheating to them, then it is and that's that.
There IS an important distinction to be had between flirting and being friendly, though. Being friendly and even laughing at a joke is not flirting without the intent.
I think there were certainly lots of other people who were less world famous but prominent in their own businesses or communities. Wikipedia goes into it a little, and notes that there were at least two suicides following it. [2]
1. https://www.sportskeeda.com/us/shows/which-celebrities-expos...
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Madison_data_breach#Imp...