When a spouse is wayward, most of the talk you hear from them is them talking to themselves rather than anyone else... Waywards get so selfish all their outer dialog is actually targeted for themselves
"It's over" "I don't feel anything anymore" "Our marriage is a failure" "I wont' care if you date someone else"
etc...
He's not talking to you SR, he's talking to himself trying to CONVINCE himself of something he does NOT believe... you can hear the voice of reason screaming inside of them when they say garbage like this... They feel it drumming on their conscience and they have to VOICE the opposition to drown it out...