In short
Marital Affair is a discreet dating site for married and attached adults aged 18 and over, run by Ambervine Inc, a Delaware company. The maritalaffair.com domain was registered in 2004 and has carried married dating since at least 2012; the site was relaunched under new ownership in 2020. Member profiles are shared with partner sites in the same network.
| Operator | Ambervine Inc, Delaware, USA |
|---|---|
| Domain registered | 6 April 2004 |
| Relaunched | 2020, under new ownership |
| Main countries | UK and US, then Australia, Canada, Ireland and South Africa |
| Card statement | The billing name shown at checkout |
Who runs the site
Marital Affair is operated by Ambervine Inc, a Delaware company at 131 Continental Drive, Suite 305, Newark, DE 19713, USA. Ambervine Inc runs both this information website and the members area where profiles, messages and payments live.
Membership is governed by the member terms in the members area, under Delaware law; this website's terms of use page links to them. Checkout shows the billing name that membership payments carry on card statements, before you pay. Questions about an account or a payment go to the members help centre.
A short history, told straight
The domain is old; the service you use today dates from 2020. We set the timeline out plainly because it is easy to blur the two.
| When | What happened |
|---|---|
| 6 April 2004 | The maritalaffair.com domain is registered |
| By 2012 | It carries married-dating pages for members in the US |
| By 2018 | It is a multi-country site |
| 2020 | Relaunched under new ownership, announced at the time in a press release |
| Today | Operated by Ambervine Inc |
You won't see us claim decades of unbroken trust, a trademark we can't show, or a member count. A long-lived address is a fact worth stating; it is not a guarantee of anything.
What Marital Affair is for, and who it isn't for
Marital Affair is for married and attached adults, 18 and over, who want to meet others in a similar position. The site serves the UK and the US first, then Australia, Canada, Ireland and South Africa. People come for conversation, company, romance or something physical; what happens is up to the two adults involved.
It is not for:
- anyone under 18 (or under 21 in Alabama, Mississippi, Nebraska and Wyoming)
- anyone hoping for help monitoring, tracking or deceiving a particular person; we don't give that advice
- anyone who wants to be paid, or to pay, for company
- anyone who would be put at risk at home if an account were found; if you feel unsafe in your relationship, getting support lists people to talk to first
We don't tell members what to do with their marriages, and we don't pretend affairs are risk-free. That is why the site carries guides on being honest with yourself first and staying safe, alongside the practical pages on billing and discretion.
The partner network
Marital Affair shares one member database with a network of partner sites. A profile shows which site its owner joined through, and members on any site in the network can see your profile and message you. So you may hear from someone who did not sign up here, and the audience for your profile is wider than this one site.
What we check, and what we don't
Every photo is reviewed. What members write about themselves is not checked by anyone. ID verification, carried out by LEM Verify with an ID document and a selfie, is optional for most members and required for some sign-ups, such as those made through a VPN.
We would rather say this plainly than let a badge or a slogan suggest more. Treat every new contact as a stranger until you have good reason not to; the safety page explains the warning signs and where to report problems.
How these pages are written
The guides and core pages are written by the Marital Affair editorial team. Product facts come only from what the member platform actually does. Outside facts, such as laws, helplines and reporting lines, are linked to the government body, regulator or charity that publishes them, and the page shows the date it was last checked.
We will publish member statistics only after an anonymous members' survey has been run and checked, with the sample and method alongside. If you spot an error on any page, tell us through the help centre with the page address. For the one-page summary, see key facts.
Questions people ask
Has Marital Affair been running since 2004?
Not as the same service. The domain was registered on 6 April 2004, married-dating pages are evidenced on it from 2012, and the site you use today dates from a relaunch under new ownership in 2020. We describe it that way because a domain's age is not the same thing as a continuous track record.
Who owns Marital Affair now?
The site and its members area are operated by Ambervine Inc, a Delaware company at 131 Continental Drive, Suite 305, Newark, DE 19713, USA. Membership is governed by the member terms in the members area, under Delaware law. Account and billing questions go to the members help centre.
Why can members of other sites message me?
Marital Affair is part of a network of partner sites that share one member database. Your profile shows which site you joined through, and members of any site in the network can see it and message you. Choose your photos and wording on the basis that more people can see them than the Marital Affair name suggests.
Who writes the guides on this site?
The Marital Affair editorial team. We state product facts only where we can check them against the member platform, link every outside fact to an official or primary source, and date our checks. We publish no member numbers, quotes or survey figures until we have something real to report.
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