I've been with my wife for almost 18 years and she's honestly a wonderful wife. Gorgeous, loyal as a dog, fiscally responsible, intelligent, etc. We even have sex regularly. However, despite the fact that we have sex all the time, our sex life has been a point of serious contention between us. So much so that it's begun to cause a very real rift between us. I'm not even entirely sure it's the 'sex' per se, but rather that she's just not very expressive, intimate, flirty..
Fuck I don't know how to describe it. I'm just bored and I've brought it up every few years for a long, long time. I've never cheated on her, but lately I've been thinking about it more and more. I absolutely love my wife to death and being unfaithful is not something I want to do, but I need her to listen to the fact that she's not (and hasn't been) meeting my needs. Her lack of action thus far and it's made me quite resentful towards her since I prioritize her well-being.
To make matters worse, I've been getting A LOT of attention from women lately. I've always been in good shape, but over the last year I have refined my body to a Chad-tier physique. I'm not sucking my own dick, I am seriously in the top .1% of men my age (42) and women half my age are noticing. For example - I recently had a 20 something hottie that works at a business I frequent get in to my account so she could get my phone number and surprise-text me her nudes. She knows I'm married. In fact, she has met my wife, but she didn't care. She just wanted me to fuck her.
I guess I'm experiencing a mid-life crisis because there's really nothing 'wrong' with my marriage, but for months now I have CONSTANTLY been thinking -- "Is this really it?" I have some major cognitive dissonance going on. On an open dating market I know I would be exceptionally valuable, but I also know that window isn't going to stay open for many more years and it's close enough that I am feeling the squeeze because my own marriage is lacking an element that is, apparently, extremely important to me.
Do any of you understand this? Or do I just need a couple of you to tell me to stop being a faggot and suck it up.
P.S. We have no children, so it's not part of the equation.