You’ve heard of the silver splitters – couples in their 50s and 60s who are calling time on their relationship. Now there’s an even more surprising trend – the ‘silver sneakies’, who are joining marital affair dating sites.
According to MaritalAffair.co.uk, one of the UK’s leading cheating dating sites, the over 50’s is the fastest growing demographic for memberships. The site has seen a 25% percent increase in membership of its 50-65 age range in the last year, alongside a 10% growth in overall memberships to the site. Not only that, but the 50-65 age group has a ratio of 3 women to every one man.
It’s surprising news for the website’s founder Paul Graham, who has always aimed his controversial dating site at younger age groups. “When we started up MaritalAffair.co.uk in 2006, it was mostly used by couples in their late 30’s or 40’s after their marriages were starting to go stale. Very often they’d had their first child, which tends to change...
