To be short, my wife and I had a rocky marriage. The intimacy was cut to sex twice a month. Because I was way more sexual than that was providing, I began to cheat on my wife. I never lied to the people outside my marriage. They knew I was married and I never said that I was leaving my wife. When I got busted everyone got hurt. My ex-wife, the woman I was having an affair with and my children, because my ex-wife left the state and took my children. I was traumatized. I think that is my problem. When I sleep with more than one person, my mind will not let go of what happened in the past. I don't want that hurt to happen again. I don't feel like this is the same as being married when I am with more than one person. I use protection so I feel like I am being responsible. To be in a serious relationship, the sex has to be right so I have to test the waters but if this keeps happening, I won't be able to feel confident about myself. Therefore, settling for mediocrity.
Well what exactly went wrong with you and your marriage? Why did it fail?