OK, I get it. I too danced with the devil with online relationships. Thankfully, both times I was able to extinguish the relationships when I detected an EA developing. I never got "strung out."
OK, so last week, my wife (who is at this very minute naked in bed with another man) discovered that I had been browsing yahoo.com personals (their dating site). This upset her greatly. I just shrugged it off like it was nothing. And it was. I didn't excuse it, explain it, justify it. I just acted like, "so what?"
What I was really doing was looking at what was "out there" near where I live. I don't know any single women near my age who live nearby. I was just looking at the landscape, that's all.
At the time (and even now) I found her hypocrisy galling. She complains when I LOOK, yet does not hesitate to sleep with another man. What's is wrong with her? She was upset!!! Wow.
Because of her strong reaction, I will not be dating, (or even dancing). All it will accomplish is permit her to justify the affair, and push her further away from me. It may be right in other situations, but not mine. For me, my GAL's will be very platonic.
BTW husband... you have it backward. I think you mean "vertical not horizontal" !!!!!! We all knew what you meant!!!