I suppose I don’t even know why I’m writing this post. It is quite possible because I’m annoyed with the following people

  • People who cheat on their mate
  • People who get caught cheating
  • People who can’t think of the various methods of catching a cheater

Let me preface this post by stating, right off the bat, that I’m happily married. Even though I have a lot of women friends and I meet a lot of women I wouldn’t trade my marriage in for anything in the world. Luckily, I have a wonderful wife who feels the same and that I trust with every iota of my being.

First off, let me point out a small coincidence in this video. I found it pretty hilarious that as she’s asking her boyfriend if he’s cheated on her with her friends she asks “Is it Megan? Is it Clare?“.

Oh, sweet heebie jeebies that made me chuckle.

Anywho, this little episode got me thinking about the whole cheating thing. I thought it especially interesting that, although this is comedy, the young woman employs the tactic of vigorously accusing her mate of being a philanderer. Your chances of this succeeding are about 50/50. You accuse, confuse and then confess. If this scenario were any longer one would think that she would go on to explain ‘Well, I thought you were cheating on me so I cheated on you’.

It’s pretty easy to cheat these days
Last year I was going to write a front pager on cheating on the ‘net. Sure, you could bring up the old standards for finding a casual fling or affair – MySpace, Facebook, Adult Friend Finder, Match, various escort services and the like. Hell, even Craigslist is filled with requests of “I’m really horny this morning. Contact me to fuck.” One of the more interesting places that I stumbled upon was the Ashley Madison Agency which literally claims ‘Life is short. Have an affair.’ When I heard of this I was absolutely amazed. I got my friend Carlton to sign up and see what it was like. And…it was like most of the other ‘adult’ sites. For whatever reason, people feel the need to post pictures of their genitalia, whether it is attractive or not.

Face it, if a person wants to cheat they’re going to find a way to cheat. It doesn’t even have to be online. I worked at a hotel after I graduated from college. That place was a gold mine. I got freaky with some of the guests and the guest’s daughters while the husband/boyfriend was busy during conferences or something else. I remember a few years later whileworking in a small IT firm I had a tryst with a married woman who also happened to be a Vice President. Reason? She just felt like cheating on her husband. Me? I was a horn ball.

What about getting caught?
I went to the Spy Museum in DC recently and I am amazed that people get caught cheating. It really is a game of intelligence/counter-intelligence, which is why I am fairly sure that the only reason people get caught cheating is because they’re both careless and stupid. Here is a perfect example of today’s technology being used to spy on your mate: Strahan’s Love Bug: Ex-Giant Planted Spy Gizmo on Gal Pal Nicole Murphy. According to Strahan’s ex-wife

During his nasty 2006 divorce trial, Strahan’s ex-wife, Jean, accused the hulking defensive lineman of using high-tech spyware to tap her phone at their New Jersey mansion. She also revealed at the trial that he’d installed a secret video system to record her sister undressing.

Tap her phone? Did he somehow take a private investigator correspondence course? So he taps her phone and he could even check her phone calls by meticulously combing through the call logs or the cell phone bills. Big deal. That’s why pre-paid/pay-as-you-go phone plans are becoming more and more popular. A cheater could own a disposable phone and they would always seem in the clear. GPS on the car? Have someone borrow your car while you’re getting your groove on. Fake email addresses? Don’t use a home computer – use anything BUT your home computer. Worried your love letters are going to be intercepted? Get a P.O. Box.

Man, I miss that show ‘Cheaters’.