Ashley Madison's War on Monogamy

Sitting in the lounge-room at 10pm, with my family, we are staring at the television set, ritually. All of the sudden an advertisement comes on. I pay no attention to it, until I see the dropping of what appears to be a wedding ring. 'Life is short. Have an affair' sits comfortably beneath the logo of this abhorrent company. I know not how one can give the entirety of their body to another without attaching their soul. I know not how when one finds their soul's resting place, they feel the need to rest elsewhere.

I often see advertisements offering a complaint hotline and service for those who think something inappropriate is being televised - have these people no eyes? I certainly know not why such a company like 'Ashley Madison' exists. I think it is absolutely putrid that the so-called 'sanctity of marriage' between heterosexual couples can be abused by companies like this and its many millions of users, and at the same time same-sex marriage is still frowned at in numerous corners of the world.

My biggest fear is attachment, which is why I remain detached. To know that there are over twenty-seven million anonymous members signed up to a putrid website like this frightens me. How am I able to trust anyone with my heart, with my secrets when so many of us are living secretive lives that would prove shameful if revealed? The fact that these people are content with being anonymous could add to the sense of shame that they feel. Wedding vows, honeymoons, celebrating the conquering of many years together, none of these matter within the flick of a finger, the swipe of a letter, a wink sent out to another personal home-wrecker.

Life is indeed short. Would not it be wise to spend intimate time in polygamy outside of marriage? Why do some married people feel the need to ruin its meaning for the thriving of three minutes of pleasure? How can they live with their spouse knowing that they had defied their trust?

"Yes I'm ready to live my life/ Do something for myself/ Like f*cking someone else's wife"; I think that people are forgetting to pay attention to karma - good karma, bad karma. At the rapidity and breadth and width of good karma can come bad karma, and that is forgotten daily. Everyone has their beliefs, but upon a redefining of my own I have come to believe that karma does exist. Karma is a strong energy.

But all karma and any of the ten commandments aside - I think that to trod on a form of monogamous sanctity as such and to, in the meanwhile, both deny it and ruin it for others is selfless. Practice polygamy outside of a marital status. And leave someone else's wife alone.