Exploring Illicit Encounters: A Discreet Platform for Married Dating
In the realm of online dating, where niches cater to various lifestyles and preferences, Illicit Encounters has carved out a unique space. This platform has positioned itself as the UK's leading dating site for married individuals seeking extramarital connections. With a history spanning over two decades since its establishment in 2003, it offers a haven for those who are married or in committed relationships but seek romance outside their current commitments. Let's delve deeper into what makes Illicit Encounters a choice for many.
Understanding the Concept of Illicit Encounters
At its core, Illicit Encounters serves a specific demographic: individuals who are married or in committed relationships, yet yearn for something more. This may include anything from flirtatious conversations to full-fledged relationships beyond the boundaries of matrimony. The platform prides itself on creating a non-judgmental environment where members can explore these desires without feeling the typical social pressures or moral judgments that might accompany such activities in other contexts.
Illicit Encounters ensures that the privacy and anonymity of its users are protected. Features such as password-protection on photos allow users to control who has access to their visual identity, a critical aspect for those understandably concerned about discretion. This focus on privacy reflects the site’s understanding of its members’ needs for confidentiality.
The Features and Functionality of Illicit Encounters
Illicit Encounters offers a variety of features that cater to its members’ needs for privacy, security, and seamless interaction. A standout offering is the web-cam chat functionality, which is unique and beneficial for members wishing to connect more personally. This feature adds an extra layer of interaction, allowing users to not only write to each other but see and hear one another in real-time. Importantly, this service is entirely free and is instrumental in setting the site apart from many competitors.
With over 1.7 million UK members, the platform boasts a vast pool of potential connections. This extensive membership base increases the likelihood of finding a compatible match who shares similar desires and expectations. For those searching for some discreet excitement, having such a large community at their fingertips can be incredibly advantageous.
The Appeal and Growth of Illicit Encounters
Illicit Encounters has seen consistent growth in its user base, a testament to its successful fulfillment of a specific market need. The site has managed to position itself not only as the leader in the UK for its niche but also as a trusted platform for extramarital dating. This trust is partly built on its commitment to user privacy and the protection of personal details, as highlighted by its Personal Details Guarantee.
The appeal of Illicit Encounters lies in its promise of rediscovery – inviting members to find passion, romance, and adventure outside their current relationships. This promise is particularly alluring for those who feel that their current relationships lack excitement or those simply wishing to explore connections that are different from what they have at home.
Member Experiences and Community Engagement
The experiences shared by site members via testimonials often highlight the transformative and exhilarating encounters facilitated by Illicit Encounters. These stories underscore the importance of community engagement and the platform's role in providing a safe space for such interactions.
Member feedback indicates that Illicit Encounters has been successful in creating an inclusive community where individuals can connect on their own terms. The diversity of the user base, in terms of age, interests, and relationship dynamics, allows for a wide range of interactions – from casual chats to deeper, long-lasting relationships.
The Ethical Considerations
While Illicit Encounters meets a specific demand, it's not without its criticisms. The ethical concerns surrounding extramarital affairs are important to acknowledge. Users of such platforms must navigate the complexities and potential ramifications of engaging in relationships outside their committed partnerships.
For users, discretion is paramount, not only to protect personal relationships but also to respect the boundaries of their online engagements. The site’s emphasis on privacy and non-disclosure aligns with these ethical considerations, providing users with tools to engage safely and respectfully.
Conclusion: Is Illicit Encounters for You?
For those intrigued by the prospect of exploring relationships beyond their current commitments, Illicit Encounters offers a discreet, secure, and understanding environment to do so. By prioritizing privacy and fostering a non-judgmental community, it fills a unique niche in the online dating landscape.
Ultimately, whether Illicit Encounters is the right choice depends on individual desires and ethical considerations. It is essential for potential users to reflect on what they seek from such encounters and how they align with
Caution
With hind sight this is a site for sex workers, unlike others I did meet and have an affair, or more accurately casual unprotected sex. It left me HIV+.
Its easy to be wise after the event, but do practice safe sex.
The irony is the person is mentioned elsewhere in these reviews and is still active on the site
Pros
It may all work out, but be safe
Cons
need I say maore
Not a good site
Have been using this site for a numer of years and would not recommend it. The guys pay the girl don't. There are lots of genuine guys on it but as another reviewer said there is only ever between 600 and 800 people online out of their thousands of "so called" genuine users. It's overpriced for what you get, I know what the guys pay and its A LOT! Some of the guys on there seem to think that because they have paid so much that sex should be on the menu straight away. It would be cheaper for them to "hire" someone for that. I say some, not all, I may add. There are very little men on the site from my area also and you end up getting the feeling that that are so few women to choose from that they are happy to settle for anyone as long as they get laid. It's really not for me, a married lady looking to have a proper affair. I feel sorry for the men who have paid so much for so little despite the attitudes of a few of them.
Pros
none
Cons
Overpriced
Not enough genuine users
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Illicit Encounters are everywhere?
Illicit Encounters is the best all-round married dating site, I have been on a few others but the only one I have had any success on is Illicit Encounters. It is quite expensive but that cuts down the competition in my opinion. If you can't afford to pay you can't afford to play!
Pros
Lots of women and men are priced out.
Cons
Expensive
Good place to meet like minded people!
:-)
I was first hesitant about paying for membership having read some of the reviews on this site. But after taking the plunge I have met 4 women for drinks and have ended up sleeping with 2 of them.
I will defiantly be renewing my membership at the end of the month as it's worth the money.
Pros
Nice safe environment with lots of friendly women
Cons
Expensive
Real people
I joined last month after they offered a 6 week for 4 promotion (the cost of joining is high) and have had some success. I have had 2 dates so far and things have gone alright. It's certainly better than some of the other sites I have been on.
Pros
Real peoplernEasy site to usernGood customer service
Cons
Cost
Illicit Encounters: Luck is the key
I have used this site on and off since 2005. I have met some very nice women, three of whom I have had strong relationships with. However, it is not all plain sailing as in order to get to the truffles you have to pick up lots of stones on the way. I guess I might be quite unusual as I am exclusive with the women that I see and I don't test drive half the women on the site which some men do. The seemingly scattergun approach of some of the men make the women very wary, especially those who have been on there before and so know the form.
I have seen some bad reviews of the site and some good reviews, but like all things you get out of it what you put into it. If you expect the woman of your dreams to land in your lap you without you expending much effort you will be disappointed. If you are willing to go on there for two or three months (extortionate I know), weed out the players, scammers and fakes and play nice then you might well get lucky. But luck is the key here. There are some genuine women and you have to really search to find them, especially in the London area where there appear to be women who are paid to lead men along and then mysteriously disappear just before your membership is due to expire.
In summary, weed out the players, bored "I can only meet during the day" housewives, those who want to be "pampered" or "spoilt" (Golddiggers), young 20 somethings who clearly do not have the maturity to be on a site like that (most of them are professionals) and those who have been on there for ages (the profile number gives it away). Try to get a phone number as soon as you can, but don't be pushy. If you get a refusal or "I will do it just before we meet" then they are probably players and don't waste your time. Most genuine women have a second pay as you go phone for this purpose anyway. Don't expect sex on a first date, have a flirt and a snog and arrange a second. If you get the second date then it's likely you will end up having sex.
I'm lucky as I have met the most gorgeous and lovely woman on there and I don't intend to go back to illicit encounters because I believe I have met "the one"
Pros
It can work if you are willing to put the effort in
Community spirit with IE events put on where you can actually meet women from the site without the commitment of a date
Cons
Bored housewives
Neglected women who want to feel wanted but won't do anything
Serial daters who see which men spend the most on dinner but won't do anything
Price
If you can't afford an affair, don't have one.
I've been using Illicit Encounters for over 3 years, I have also used dozens of other dating sites. In fact I met my first and second wife on dating sites and use Illicit Encounters to look for discreet affairs.
Like the others I have found some of the 'issues' they described but lets be realistic here, you get scammers, 'professionals' on ALL dating sites, I found that if I reported these people to the admin of Illicit Encounters, they dealt with them pretty quickly - it is not in their interest to have these people on their site after all and it's bad for business.
The site is expensive I guess - it really is relative. How much do you value being able to arrange a discreet affair in privacy and in your own time ? Sure I could go to a pub, club but where am I going to find the time to crawl dozens of venues, potentially exposing myself in public ? Like my title, having an affair and keeping it discreet is not cheap so the price of the membership really is almost irrelevant if you get what you are looking for. The price is high to keep male / female ratio balanced and it is also a kind of commitment barrier, you are not going to fork out that money if you are going to be a tyre kicker. Also people forget there is the element of 'Prestige' - it is a premium site ... Just because you cannot afford a Ferrari, does not then make Ferrari a crap car etc - talk about sour grapes
People will always complain and make excuses or blame the service for their own failures, I mean if you going on with a username like 'Cl*t Licker' - do you really expect women to respond to you ? Some people are just stupid and no matter how much they pay, they will still fail.
I won't recommend this to friends/family - people that tick that, ummm yeah right. I would recommend it to a stranger anonymously however with a bit of advice...
Don't be naive, people are never who they seem to be, especially online.
Take things slow.
Be careful about your identity until you are sure and ready to meet someone face to face.
Report the scammers.
Don't be a cheap skate.
Pros
Premium site, good female to male ratio
Lots of membership options
Good support
New features and updates frequently - keeps site fresh and exciting.
Cons
Possibly Price but if you make the effort, you shouldn't have to pay for a long membership.
Not easy - but then if something was too easy, it probably isn't worth keeping
Not what it seems
Well marketed site which has gone past its sell by date, other sites are doing it better so it now is using sex workers to draw in the punters.
The same old female names & profile Nos (eg 280455, 306778 - there are many others though) are there time and again sending out messages to new members to encourage them to pay to read the messages.
Pros
None really
Cons
Its a money making website nothing more
If you are lucky
Its entirely down to luck that you happen to get in touch with a woman who is actively seeking partners. Its best that she is relatively new, still finding her feet, and still interested in the potential for sex.
Once she has settled in for the long haul she will either turn to exploiting any angles she learns to use; or simply doze off and become one of the many dreamers who clutter up the site.
The women who you are most likely to be successful with tend to be transients. They will use the site for a limited period of time, have real affairs and then just as mysteriously as they arrive, they vanish back to their married life. Having proved that they still can and will do it if they need to.
Those that remain are sex workers, gold diggers, site commission seekers, dreamers, feckless dabblers, revenge seekers and those who unfortunately have mental health issues.
Obviously staying on the site to find new partners can become expensive. Creating false id's and such like doesn't really help. You still need to get out and find those women and they will only be ready when it suits them. That unfortunately is entirely down to luck that you coincide with their visits.
Give it a go if you can afford it. But to be honest you have more likelihood of meeting women if you join an amateur activity, voluntary or charity organisation. Women prefer to find men in their element.
The site is no worse than any other commercial site. They all have techniques to get customers. IE does have some genuine women on it.
Pros
If lucky and you make the right effort you will do okay.
Cons
The collections of those mentioned as being the ones to avoid.
take care
It is possible to meet folk from this site who are what they say they are and are seeking what they say, however as said there are an awful lot of scammers & wierdos.
But do remember that folk who use this site are by nature cheaters and by the nature of there presence liers to at least someone, there is no reason to assume that the same will not apply to the interactions that you will have.
Perhaps the most honest are those that say they want a casual relationshio or friendship.
Many (perhaps greater than 50%) will indicate they are stuck in a stale relationship & seeking a 1 2 1 longterm relationship, it is in this setting that experience shows care & cold judgement must be used. Several things can be encountered
- the meat collector - does not have the honesty to admit they seek sequential new meat will make out they only recently joined the site will talk the talk but do not really make the effort for a longterm thing, then move on to the next chase.
- the pure scammer - is after money or similar - will spin a story after period of time that they need so much £ then they can change there situtation
I would suggest that any man using the site browses it for several weeks before joining so they can work out who the chatters / players and scammers are, do pay attention to the membership No, they are issued in sequence so the lower numbers mean they have been a member for longer - most successful folk will use the site to meet someone then leave it well alone so if someone has an 'old' number despite what the profile words may say they are a chatter / player / scammer. Another way is to us the 'way back when machine' (google it - but its old copies of the site).
Pros
Some women are what they say but very very few,
Cons
Its a site for cheaters so expect lots of lies & good actors. by the time you take out the scammers / chatters / players very very few are what they say they are
Anyone with a membership No starting 2 / 3/ 4/ 5 are serial players if there after casual that fits, otherwise steer clear - there is a reason they are still on there
Good value if you put the effort in
Without going into inappropriate detail, I have met and very much enjoyed the company of a number of ladies via this site! I've been a member on and off for a few years.
Any dating site attracts fools and weirdos as well as people looking for the same thing as you. Because women can join Illicit Encounters for free, some are tyre-kickers or are just looking for a friend.
I use the message system a lot and weed out women I'm not interested in, or who just want cyber-chat or a shoulder to cry on. The ones I want to meet, I set up a meeting as soon as they're comfortable and take it "off-site" and go from there.
I get good results by being polite and respectful but cheeky, not moaning or being overtly sexual. I don't bother with the whole virtual gifts thing - my aim is to meet beautiful women as soon as possible, not flirt on the internet.
I think you get what you put in, and the high price keeps out the riff raff.
Pros
Some beautiful & genuine women looking for an affair or a no-strings meet-up join this site.
High price keeps out wannabes, waverers and fools
Cons
Some women on the site are not beautiful or genuine and/or not looking for an affair or a no-strings meet up. Don't allow them to waste your time.
High price!
illicit encouters
:(( As one of your revies said "they must be off their head or testing for paying 100 pounds for a month,wait for it I paid 89 pounds for a week.My advice is dont do it,IVE HAD NOTHING BUT EMAILS WANTING MORE MONEY.And one lady telling me where I could put a virtual kiss......
A word to the wise
Ok guys... firstly don't get your hopes up! As it's free for ladies beware there are DROVES of toe dippers, bored housewives and looneys!
If you start of knowing the fact the site is there soley to earn it's owners money, then you'll understand that all that glitters is not gold.
In fairness, on the rare occasion a scammer pops up the site owners deal with them quickly.
My advice would be, be honest, be patient & don't have expectations.There are a few genuine ladies on there, but you'll have to search long & hard to find them.
To summarise, its probably the best of a bad bunch.
Pros
Highest ratio of genuine ladies looking for an affair.
Because of the high cost, competition is limited from other men.
Scammers quickly dealt with.
Cons
High ratio of timewasters.
Very expensive.
Beware of multiple profile females.
Scam
I have used the site on more than one occassion and have met both short term and long term lovers through it. On the whole it is a good site but lately they have taken to running scams for male advertisers. By this I mean that when you are getting to the end of your month you will get emails from women who when you reply to them don`t log on again. You will also find that you get emails from young women way outside your specified area allegedly interested in you. They don`t exist! I wish they hadn`t resorted to these sort of tactics and they could be seen as fair and decent in how they operate. That said I have met lovely genuine people on the site but be warned they all aren`t
Pros
Good number of women on the site and covering every area.
Easy to use site and well put together.
Cons
The tactics used to try and get men to pay more.
The scams used to try and lure men back to the site
mrs
I found the site hard work, lots of men looking for sleazy meetings or timewasters who were not prepared to meet up but wanted the 'fun' of the chase.
I joined the site to meet someone to build a relationship based on the time both can spare, without damaging each others situation. I have found few men looking for more than a daliance. Its not about a life changing love affair but an addition to what you have at home, however the fantasy can be fun.
I am genuinely only looking for a lover to add to my life, its a shame the men think they are there to be ensnared and tricked by the women.
The men need to stop chatting and ask the women for a coffee.
Pros
easy to use
free for women
Cons
sleazy men
time wasters
Be careful
I can definitely confirm that there are real women on here. I haven't met any yet but I have met the husband of one that I had emailed. Somehow he tracked down my mobile number and address (neither of which I had given out) and came round to encourage me to stop emailing his wife and not to even think about meeting her. Go ahead and join up if you want to but it isn't without risk. I suppose you get what you deserve, as with the real world.
Pros
There are real women
Cons
Just be careful, follow their advice pages
Mr
Just coming toward the end of my second paid up spell on IE.Fair amount of success last summer,even though there were lots of complete timewasters.Unfortunately this spell has seen even more timewasters,together with the continued presence of last summers timewasters!!.
I believe the site would be vastly improved if women,after a free period of gold membership,had to then somehow qualify their authenticity.Even today,on log-in the same old faces from last summer!,those who didnt acknowledge a message then ,and bet your life wouldnt today.
On a positive note have corresponded and met some real,and genuine people.I have also met some inveterate liars with a whole range of rather worrying baggage!.The cost is quite high but if endless chatters,timewasters and nightfighters could be illiminated (not literally),then it would be fair value
Pros
Easy to use,fair amount of success
Cons
Too many timewasters!
Mr
Contrary to Douglas's experience I've met and conducted affairs with two fabulous and genuine women through Illicit Encounters. On each occasion I bought a membership and began communicating with like minded women almost immediately.
Yes, the site is expensive, but in my experience this serves to weed out the scammers and bogus profiles prevalent on other similar but cheaper sites. Both my partners and I appreciated meeting on a discreet dating site where because all members are married or in relationships, we had as much to loose if found out.
None of us wished to break up our marriages but were just looking to fill in the sexual gaps missing at home. Although happily seeing someone at the moment, if for any reason this broke up I will be re-joining Illicit Encounters as I think it offers the best chance of finding someone suitable.
Pros
Genuine members
High price filters out time wasters
Cons
Expensive
Illicit Encounters Need to Come Clean
I have been a paid member of this site on two seperate occasions. During my last membership period a women who i was communicating with confirmed that she had been approached by the site to encourage men to upgrade their membership. Interestingly although this was approx 12 months ago, this women still has an acitve listing on the site.
Now if fairness to IE, I cant verify this as I never met the women, but i do know her email address, and her current listing so it should be easy to investigate. I also had a mobile number but that stopped working after i left the site..(Pay as go SIM i wonder....)
There appears to be something wrong with this site. Yes there are testimonials on the website but from my experience there is a shortage of genunine women using the site.
I have never met a women from this site, but have done so on other sites with lower fees.
I wonder how many men actually renew their membership, this is data that the IE should be able to supply to either confirm or deny my concerns that this site is about hitting the customer once, and recruiting new customers...
My advice........Avoid
Pros
Easy to use
Cons
Expensive
Very Low sucess rate