- LONDON, England - The
Internet
is becoming a frequent cause of the collapse of relationships, a leading
marriage guidance organisation has warned.
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- One in 10 of the 90,000 couples who seek the help of
UK-based Relate now cite the Internet as a problem, with obsessive use
of the medium blamed as well as its ability as a communication tool.
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- Both men and women complain of becoming Internet
"widows"
as their partners spend hours at the computer downloading software or
looking
at pornography.
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- Sex chatlines and sites such as friendsreunited.co.uk,
which can rekindle old school passions, pose further threats to
relationships.
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- Relate's chief executive Angela Sibson told The Times
newspaper on Monday: "Our counsellors report that, more and more,
the Internet is a relationship breaker."
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- People aged between 25 and 35 were most vulnerable
because
they were the most frequent users of the Internet, Sibson's deputy Stephen
Bagnall added.
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- "This is a peak time for people's first serious
relationship to break up and it is also the age when many people get
married
for the first time," he told the paper.
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