Frankly, it does not matter a whit to me if your friendship is "Legit". It's not ok and there are 2 reasons I say that:
You admit it harmed the marriage! OMG, That's a pretty darn good reason for you having ended it on your own...
Worse, your wife asked you to do it. (!!)
Instead of seeing the incredible opportunity you have to model doing what your spouse asks b/c it's important to them, (!!!)
you have your scorecard out with your very biased measuring tool.
Shaking my head.
M: 57 H: 60 M: 35 yrs S30,D28,D19 H off to Alaska 2006 Recon 7/07- 8/08 *2016* X = "ALASKA 2.0" GROUND HOG DAY I File D 10/16 OW DIV 2/26/2018 X marries OW 5/2016