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Broken Heart? Find a Fix On the Internet

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Web 2.0 may be the most cathartic thing to happen to breakups since a pimply middle schooler invented slam books.

Recently, we happened upon a charming little website called DearOldLove.com. The concept is very simple: Much in the way…

Sometimes, Even Nice Guys Go Looking For Affairs Online. Is Yours One of Them?

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The first time we met The Ashley Madison Agency was on network television during a commercial break. Amidst jingles for fabric softener and liquid eyeliner, the booming phrase "Life is too short. Have an…

Why we surf for sex: Real women fess up

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"When I'm in a chat room, talking dirty or flirting, I don't have to worry about my body hang-ups. I'm free to say things that would never come out of my mouth in real life." —J., 20

Confession: "I had rough sex online"

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I once fell in love with a man. Or rather, I fell in love with what that man did to me. During the two years of our on-again, off-again affair, he introduced me to a kind of sex I'd never known I wanted—rough, emotionally and physically risky, and dependent on power and the taking away of that power. Sadomasochism, essentially. When our relationship ended, I felt ashamed of the domination I still coveted. Worse, I didn't know what frightened me more: the dangerous desires I now knew I possessed or the fact that they were now doomed to remain unfulfilled.