Englewood Cliffs, NJ (PRWEB) March 21, 2008 -- In light of the recent news around former New York governor Eliot Spitzer's reported extramarital encounter with a prostitute, and this week's disclosure from newly sworn New York governor David Paterson that he and his wife were both unfaithful in their marriage, the topic of infidelity is a hot topic of discussion for both men and women.

At iVillage.com, the first and largest community of women online, the message boards are buzzing with comments, questions and confessions about infidelity: http://beehive.ivillage.com/ivillage/archives/2008/03/spitzer.html. The site's "Betrayed Spouses" board, http://messageboards.ivillage.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=iv-rladultery&msg=44642.1, has seen an increase in traffic of 22% since before the news hit.

"iVillage is the definitive place for women to go to connect with one another and share real life," said Deborah Fine, President, iVillage. "A topic like this one, so charged with emotion, takes that to another level - it's like sharing on steroids."

According to the iVillage/Roper poll results, cheating is one of -- if not the most -- unforgivable things one can do in a relationship. When asked to rank cheating on a 10 point scale where 10 equals "forgive completely" and 1 equals "unforgivable," cheating averages 3.4.