Fell in love, but married ⇐ General

[Anonymous]

Ladies, good afternoon,
now is an unexpected question for a forum about sex. It is not so much about the physical as it is about the sensual. Has this ever happened to you: you are married (perhaps for a long time; perhaps you even have children; it is possible that the relationship in marriage is quite normal). And suddenly there is an affair on the side, an affair-hobby-falling in love-what other feelings. And you seem to be ready to abandon your family for this.
How did this happen for you? What did you do? How have your feelings changed? How did you weigh the pros and cons? They tell me that such situations, especially those associated with some kind of marriage crisis, personal crisis, middle-aged crisis, are quite a common story, even a classic. And I want to understand to what extent such situations are universal. Thank you if you share your experience. Very important now.