Anonymous wrote:His wife was beautiful and accomplished. They went on to have two kids. I wasn't interested and never gave him that one night. It was disappointing that he he would do that. He went to kiss his wife's sister. His wife never found out, so he says. They inevitably divorced. We reconnected years later and he said that he had to lie to his wife frequently to keep the marriage. He just didn't marry someone with whom he could be honest.
Many men do this when marrying a woman who checks boxes.
The sad truth that many dont want to acknowledge is many men are very "logically minded" and they often marry the women that they feel will benefit them the most or give them an advantage. So the woman with a big law career and prominent family, if they're trying to rise up the ranks of their company/industry. Or the SAHM who will do all the chores and take care of kids without complaint. Or just the girl who is really thrilled to be with them and will give them sex everyday and help pay the bills and do most of the childcare because she's a go-getter. The choices men make often don't align with their emotions or deep "love", and align more with logical choices about what will benefit them and make their life easy.