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.