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When you give yourself to someone other than your spouse it constitutes infidelity. Below is a brief story of someone in my own family who played online and let himself build a second life and it cost him dearly.

My father was in his late 70's when he began to play around on his computer building a second life in spite of 55 yrs of marriage. He interacted with multiple women younger than his own son(me) and created an online personna that gave women the image of him being a successful businessman when in fact he was retired and had too much time on his hands. This led to long distance phone calls and eventually out of town meetings which eventually caught up with him.

My parents divorced when my mother discovered that my father had arranged for a rendevous with one of his online women friends while she was visiting my wife and I in Florida.

In 2005 I received a call from my father's then live-in girlfriend telling me that I needed to travel to Tennessee and see my father who was in a local hospital after suffering from some health event. After arriving at the hospital I soon discovered that my father had slipped into a diabetic coma from which he never recovered. After consulting with several of his doctors I was advised that no further treatment could be made and that he needed to be removed from life support.

I was the only person with him as I watched him die and made the funeral arrangements including cremation. After his death I then faced the formidable challenge of dealing with his estate which has taken over 2 years to handle and is still not yet resolved but should be by year end.

Not only did my father commit "cyber adultery" but the initial game turned out to be an actual adulterous relationship. This choice made life difficult for not only my mother but for those left in the wake of his unbelievably poor and unwise choices.

In the end his choices cost him his life,his substance, his health and his possessions.

The old saying still holds true..." If you play you are gonna pay"

My question to all who read this is...IS IT WORTH GIVING UP EVERYTHING YOU HAVE JUST FOR THE SAKE OF PLAYING AROUND ?