With the divorce rate consistently high, and a dwindling economy putting financial limits on the American public, options remain slim for unhappy couples. More and more cheating wives and husbands have discovered an economical way to relieve the void, by means of the Internet.

Websites with names like Affairmatch.com are making its mark in online social media, attracting naughty wives and philandering husbands with married personals. What was once a haven for typical "horney housewives", has now become common meeting grounds for bored husbands, and real-life Desperate Wives who have common needs and interests.

Online communities that offer married personals frequently offer free memberships for members to browse and peruse the service. Affairmatch.com is no exception. Because married personals usually define a level of discretion needed, cheating wives and husbands can candidly express their needs and desires to one another.

Christina Kelley, a spokesperson for Affairmatch.com comments that "Naughty wives and husbands now have an outlet to express their need to keep their options open, without having to disturb the routine of their empty, loveless home situations. Desperate wives are no longer found solely on television shows anymore."

Has popular media made it socially acceptable to be "Desperate Wives?" Members will likely say not, but skeptics believe otherwise. Those who believe in nuclear family values, warn that married personals websites work against creating wholesome households. But, even prior to online social communities that specialize in married personals such as Affairmatch.com, the separation and divorce rate in America was steadily on the rise.

Kelley adds, "It sounds crazy, but a lot of times, many cheating wives and husbands end up going back to their spouse. Affairmatch.com satisfies a level of curiosity for some. They realize that casual dating and married personals is not their thing, and that they were not as unhappy in their marriage as they thought. Strangely, Affairmatch.com has helped tame naughty wives." Of course, the opposition would beg to differ.

Be it socially acceptable or not, the troubling factor is the ease that cheating wives and lonely husbands have when using online social media as a means for finding new, discreet companionship. One side of the argument will berate the "unfaithful husbands and naughty wives" for using technology to step out of the social norm. The other side will argue that married personals have restored an element of sanity, allowing them to communicate will fellow bored husbands and desperate wives who understand their home situations better than anyone else.