Quote: I simply don't believe that sex is more important than my commitment to my wife, our children, and our marriage. Which is saying a lot about the importance of that commitment.
Jonathan
That commitment appears to be asymmetric. Does your wife care about your feelings as much as you care about hers? From where I am sitting, your marriage has a big hole in the middle of it - one which there is no hope of filling.
I can't help thinking that both you and your wife will find more complete love with other partners with whom you might respectively find mutual attraction. Your marrige is not mutual, and your wife has slammed the door on that possibility.
SM
"If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment." Henry David Thoreau