Please don’t take this story as endorsement of infidelity, it’s just something that happened and I thought some people might enjoy it.
I’ve been married for seven years now and have two children with my wife. Our marriage is very good. We co-parent really well, we run our household well together, we both make decent money and have similar financial goals and outlooks. Sex is still great, but not as frequent as it was. Having children and being proper adults makes it much tougher to find that passion that’s naturally there when there is more time for each other.
Before we were married, my wife and I had a pretty close-knit group of friends. A lot of our group is now married, and most have kids of their own so the group is still pretty close. We’re not all going out boozing together every single weekend like we were, but we now have more family themed get-togethers. From that group, only one guy and one of the girls aren’t married or in a serious long term relationship. The guy moved away five years ago and the girl had moved but recently returned to our city. She’s still a close friend with both my wife and I and is great with our children, her name is Sara. When my wife and I were just starting to spend a lot of time together, Sara was clearly also interested in me. At the time I only had eyes for my wife and wasn’t willing to risk my now-wife getting jealous if I hooked up with Sara so I didn’t reciprocate her advances at all. After some time, my wife and I began dating and we both continued being pretty close friends with Sara, there was no awkwardness or resentment at all.