Browsing for a bit on the side: British wives drive demand for extramarital dating websites with 400,000 logging on each week to have an affair

More than a million have signed up to commit adultery



Browsing: Internet dating websites say bored wives are behind a rise in the number of people looking for an extramarital affair (file picture)

Bored housewives are behind a surge that has seen more than one million Brits signing up to extramarital dating websites to have an affair.



Figures show up to 400,000 unique users are logging on each week in the hope of committing adultery.

Some companies have claimed to have more women than men regularly looking on their sites for adulterous liaisons.

Most also reported large numbers of women signing up the day after Valentine's Day.

One of the largest websites MaritalAffair.co.uk claims to have almost 600,000 members.

A spokesman for the site told The Times female members outnumber men by three to one.

Ashley Madison, a US-based website specialising in 'discreet affairs' said it received a new British member every 45 seconds.



More than 150,000 Britons use the site each week.

Noel Biderman, the firm’s chief executive, told The Times: 'The number of 50-plus married women in the UK joining us has surprised me.

'The foundation of our business in Britain is the married woman.

He added: 'I have been to London and a few other British cities where there are massage parlours and clubs with a wink towards gentlemen, but almost nothing for women.'



Ashley Madison, a US-based website specialising in 'discreet affairs' said it received a new British member every 45 seconds

The company said it acquired more than 10,000 new users the day after Valentine's Day, and most of them were married women.

There were similar increases after New Year's Day and Mother's Day last year.



A survey by the site revealed that the capital of online adultery is Manchester, where there is one subscriber for every 27 people.



Julian Brazier, MP for Canterbury and patron of the Conservative Christian Fellowship, said that extramarital dating sites were pushing Britain towards a 'social breakdown'.

Men more likely to drop dead from heart attack during extramarital sex

Men who cheat on their other halves now have another worry to add to the possibility of their partner finding out - they are more likely to die during sex.

The revelation emerged from a report published earlier this month by the American Heart Association, looking at whether patients with heart problems could safely resume their sex lives after treatment.

The study found patients could resume sex as soon as one week after a relatively mild heart attack, as long as they could walk up a few flights of stairs without discomfort.

Cautionary tale: Extramarital sex can put more pressure than usual on the heart

One caveat is sure to raise a few eyebrows. It turns out that married men having affairs, have an increased risk of sudden death during sex.



This is because they are often with younger women in unfamiliar settings, which adds extra stress.



The scientists, led by Professor Glenn Levine, from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, said autopsy reports of nearly 6,000 cases of sudden death found 0.6 per cent happened during sex.

Although a small proportion of the total, up to 93 per cent of those who died during sex were thought to be engaging in extra-marital sex.

However, Professor Levine cautioned: 'I would not blow this too out of context. Without being sarcastic, I really can state that I have not had a patient who asked me about the cardiac risks of an extramarital affair.'



The report, published in the journal Circulation, says sex is something doctors should bring up with all heart patients. Yet few do because they're uncomfortable talking about it or they lack information, Professor Levine said.



He said their study provides new guidance. It found having sex only slightly raises the chance for a heart attack and this is true for people with and without heart disease.

'Sexual activity is the cause of less than 1 percent of all heart attacks,' he said.

Plus despite the higher risk for a heart patient to have a second attack, there's no evidence that they have more sex-related heart attacks than people without cardiac disease.

Viagra and other drugs for erectile dysfunction are generally safe for men with stable heart disease.

Chicago cardiologist Dan Fintel, from Northwestern University, said he routinely gave heart patients a sex talk on their last day in the hospital, knowing that it was likely on their minds.

