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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was an AP of a guy in a sexless marriage, with no kids. (And I was the AP because my own marriage was failing, I'm now single).

He's still married and from what he says still not having sex with her (or me--we haven't been involved in over a year).

He and I hooked up because we were both so lonely. He stayed married because being lonely and sexless was made up for by having company and intellectual stimulation and a second high income.

Relationships are complex and people rationalize and bargain with themselves.[/quote]

I thought this might have been my alter-ego writing. He's in a sexless marriage, no kids. Me, anger/resentment at husband, marriage seriously flawed. But our (me & AP) common ground is that we are both lonely and we find some solace in it. Of course not cheating is better. But for now ...[/quote]

It is utterly baffling to me that any man [i]with no kids[/i] would stay in a sexless marriage. Get divorced, and you can get another woman to provide "company and intellectual stimulation and a second high income" [i]and she will have sex with you, too[/i].[/quote]

Yes there is no reason to stay ... but, change is difficult.[/quote]

I'm the AP in the quoted text. My AP (the still married guy) had an elaborate rationale. That boiled down to being afraid to be alone.

I was head over heels in love with him and would have gladly been company, a second income, and intellectual stimulation, AND sex. But he chose to stay instead.

Oh well. Since I last slept with him, I have slept with multiple other people. [/quote]

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