I will not ascribe such calculating ulterior motives to Choco. I dont think he is intentionally wanting to flush his marriage.

I think Choco has been neglected, hurt, and both he and his wife are acting in perfectly normal ways toward each other during a LTR.
He has said flat out, What does she want from me. He is/was confused.

When I messed up in my M, well there were lots of times, I am one of those emotionally underequipped beings called MEN afterall, but specifically, when I played indifferant and created a bad situation, I really thought I was being differentiated. 'superior' to the jealousy games.
I was not acting in a proactive fashion though. and definitely not protective or cherishing.

He is human and so is she.