Savage Love on Second Life “adultery”
By Adam Reuters
Does extra-marital “sex” in Second Life count as cheating?
Dan Savage’s “Savage Love” sex advice column deals this week with a married man who is conflicted about whether to continue with his Second Life dalliances:
Dan, I feel guilty. My wife would not be happy (understatement of the young century) if she knew of my SL activities. And I hate lying to my wife. Yet, at the same time, I’m having so much fun — I am exploring fantasies I never could in real life, with a smoking-hot female avatar I’ll never be.
So what’s the verdict? Savage gives “Second Lifer In Need Of Real Life Advice” the thumbs-up to continue:
By declaring sex in SL to be adultery, your wife is attempting to deny you a necessary outlet for your sexual energy. So what do you do? You do what spouses have done since spouses were invented: Tell her what she wants to hear and go right on doing what you’re doing. “No sex in SL, honey, promise” is simply “Of course I don’t think of anyone else when we make love” updated for the technology age.
Click here to read the full column (warning: you’ll find some non-PG content within).
