Is it normal to think we'd be better off without eachother?
This has been bothering me a while. I met my husband of 5 years's best friend a couple years ago and it didn't take me long to appreciate his personality. I could tell he was a good friend to my husband and he's very positive and funny. He has the kind of personality that energizes the people around him. My husband, on the other hand, is more negative and I feel like he holds me back in some ways. We have children and the friend is married with children and I wouldn't want to ruin families and friendships. But I can't stop thinking about him sometimes. I'm always excited to see him and later at home I think about the things he does that make me life and I smile when I think about him (although I smile about anything that makes me happy). I try to hide it, but I'm so damn readable. My boyfriend suspects I'm cheating or thinking of someone else which makes me believe he's on to me. I could never tell him how I think of his friend. That I feel like he would compliment me more in a relationship and give me the things I'm lacking. It's nothing sexual, I just really enjoy being around him and I have had a dream of us hugging. But still, my feelings go a little past friendship.
I have talked to my boyfriend about needing more affection and making me feel better about myself. But that is what made him suspect I was cheating and he says, "who's been treating you like that?" and gets mad at me. I don't want to lose him and ruin our family, but literally the only affection I get is him poking me and tickling me. We have good sex, but that is not all I need. He has problems with pain and anxiety and that is his excuse for being so distant. But he's not exactly trying to help himself much..... and I don't think I can do this the rest of my life. Since I can't seem to understand his problems I also feel that he would be better off with someone else.