I don't love you anymore. I'm actually not sure that I was ever really, truly in love with you. You've been my best friend for 15 years, married for 11, and we have 3 beautiful sons together. But I'm not attracted to you in the least. I honestly don't like it when you try to get romantic or physical with me, kissing me, putting your arm around me, holding my hand, etc. I feel horrible for feeling that way, and I've been drowning myself in guilt and self-deprecation over this for years now, thinking there must be something wrong with me. So I've been doing a lot of self-reflection and trying to figure out why I feel this way, and it's because I don't respect you as a man. You are extremely self-centered, and you don't even realize it. Everything is about you - you never think about how anything will affect others, only yourself. When we have sex, it's to get you off, and then we're done. Even when you try to please me, it feels like it's out of obligation, not because you really, truly want to. And you act like you don't know what you're doing. It's like you're a giddy schoolboy getting his hands on a woman for the first time. It's embarrassing and a complete turn-off for me. I've gotten pretty good at faking being turned on, but it's all a big act. You don't turn me on. You haven't in a really long time. The only time I really enjoy sex with you (rarely) is when I think about someone else. You made me think there was something wrong with me because I had such a low sex drive, and even suggested I go see a doctor about it. But I knew my sex drive was there, I just didn't want it with you. I got so frustrated at a certain point, I thought I was going to completely disappear as a person, as a woman, as a human being, that I had to do something about it.
All of your suspicions and fears are true. I've slept with 6 other guys this year. I HAD to experience something different, something new, to find out what I'm capable of and if I can actually enjoy sex. Some of them just a few times, some many, many times, and one is still ongoing. The first guy I slept with made me cum within minutes. Something you've never been able to do in 11 years of marriage. I have enjoyed every sing minute with these guys, and don't regret it for a second. I've learned a lot about myself in the process, and I now know that I have a very high sex drive. I like it really rough, and that's what gets me off the most. I can take a lot during sex, being slapped, taking a pounding in all holes, etc. That's what I need to get off. This slow, tender, love making just doesn't cut it. You are not capable of giving me what I need. It's just not in your personality to be like that. Even if I told you exactly what I want, it would be forced and fake. I need a strong, confident, forceful man to take me. You are none of that. If you were like that 5 years ago, I might have been able to come around and be turned on by you again. But it's too late now. I just don't want you to touch me. But I can't tell you any of that without completely crushing you. I still love you as the father of my kids and my best friend, and I will always want you as a part of my life, but I don't want to be married to you anymore. I've told you that, but I can never truly tell you why. I just can't do that to you. The only explanation you'll get is that we "grew apart" and I don't love you like that anymore, which is part of the truth, at least.