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WHY I CHEAT ON MY WIFE

THE birth of your children is supposed to be the pinnacle of married life. So, after almost 20 years of marriage and with two fantastic daughters, am I thanking my lucky stars my wife and I made the leap from partners to parents?

In short, no.

The truth is, deep down, I don’t think any man ever wants to swop those heady days of coupledom for becoming a family unit.

Who can deny children introduce stress and strife into a relationship? And parenthood often turns a formerly loving couple into, at best, exhausted comrades in arms – at worst, adversaries.

In particular, it spells disaster for the one area of a marriage that many men believe to be the most important: your sex life. I’m convinced

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