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A British woman, Amy Taylor, is divorcing her husband, David Pollard, after she discovered he had been having an affair in the virtual world Second Life. Pollard, whose Second Life character's name is Dave Barmy, is said to have had multiple virtual affairs with female characters.
Taylor and Pollard met in an online chatroom in 2003. The couple was married in a real life ceremony and a Second Life ceremony in 2005.Reuters.uk: UK couple in real-life divorce over virtual affair (November 14, 2008)
Pollard is now virtually engaged to the woman he was having the affair with. Taylor is currently in a relationship with a man she met in the online game World of Warcraft.
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- Taylor and Pollard met online in 2003FOX News: 'Second Life' Affair Leads to Real-Life Divorce (November 14, 2008)
- Second Life is an online virtual worldFOX News: 'Second Life' Affair Leads to Real-Life Divorce (November 14, 2008)
- Married in 2005CNN: Second Life affair ends in divorce (November 14, 2008)
- Married in real life and in Second LifeReuters.uk: UK couple in real-life divorce over virtual affair (November 14, 2008)
- Taylor's screen name is "Laura Skye"FOX News: 'Second Life' Affair Leads to Real-Life Divorce (November 14, 2008)
- Pollard's screen name is "Dave Barmy"FOX News: 'Second Life' Affair Leads to Real-Life Divorce (November 14, 2008)
- Pollard is irtually engaged to the woman he had the affair withAFP: 'Second Life' ends couples' first marriage (November 14, 2008)
- Taylor met her current boyfriend in World of WarcraftAFP: 'Second Life' ends couples' first marriage (November 14, 2008)
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