I have a lot of self respect. And I have never been desperate. I am perfectly capable of being faithful, and have been since the aforementioned relationship. And sometimes if a marriage is "worth nothing" there is a reason for that...
I'm not just talking extra-marital sex for the fun of it - for the 'kick', or just because you're bored.....I'm not talking a revenge affair or using sex outside of marriage to get back at someone. And an 'affair', however you interpret the word, isn't always about the sex. It can be because of a craving for affection & love & respect that you just don't get 'at home'.
Although I may come across, because of my humour (& I know I'm guilty on this one) , as being sex-mad, I can assure you I really am not. I can take it or leave it - it is never the be all & end all of a relationship. It is important but never the most important thing.
I have nothing more to say on this subject - I shouldn't have opened my big mouth on it in the first place.