It came as a complete surprise to Dan when Shelly told him "I'm not sure what's wrong? I just don't feel the same about us. I feel like you're my best friend but I don't feel like I'm in love with you."
Up until that time Dan and Shelly had enjoyed six happy years of marriage. They recently had started discussing having children although they had not yet taken that step. Like every couple they had their ups and downs but for the most part their wedded years had been good ones.
Dan was confused by his wife's feelings and his initial response was "is there someone else?"
When Shelly assured her husband that she was not interested in anyone else he was determined to win back her feelings of love for him. Dan was open to doing anything to improve their relationship.
Dan is eight years older than Shelly. She was only eighteen when they married. One of the issues that came to light in their discussion of Shelly's feelings was how she had gone straight from her parents house to Dan's.
Shelly felt like she never had the freedom to grow up on her own or spend time going out with her friends. Her thought was if she could spend more time doing things with her friends it would help their marriage.
It seemed a simple solution and Dan was all for it to try to save their marriage. He was willing to give Shelly as much freedom as she wanted or needed.
Dan and Shelly had an adequate sex life although it was never great. During the first few years of their marriage they had sex two or three times a week. It slowly diminished over time and during the last two years they were having sex once a month or less.
Dan had been a chronic masturbator during his single years. For the first six months after getting married he had virtually stopped pleasuring himself but he enjoyed masturbating too much and couldn't maintain his abstinence.
When Dan first began to masturbate again he was enjoying the pleasure about once a month. It didn't take long before it became weekly or more often. His frequency of masturbation was a major part in the diminishing sex life he was having with his wife.
The reality of it was Dan enjoyed having sex with himself more than with Shelly. He loved to play with his cock and he loved getting himself turned on. Ultimately the pleasure Dan received from using his hand while fantasizing was much more satisfying than having sex with his wife.
Dan also had a panty fetish. He enjoyed wearing them or sniffing them as he masturbated. Sometimes he would do both. Dan loved to watch himself in a mirror as he masturbated while wearing panties.
Throughout his married years Dan could always find plenty of Shelly's dirty underpants in the hamper for his pleasure. His wife never knew of his fetish and never suspected how much pleasure he got from her panties.