I was in your shoes not long ago. I have with my wife since we were teenagers, and although we had gotten married, in my late twenties I started to wonder what else was out there. I went through it, we split up, it was the worst mistake I ever made and I was fortunate enough that she took me back. But I nearly lost everything, for no good reason, for what amounts to nothing more than curiosity.

I will sate that curiosity for you: dating sucks. Sex is easy. Trust is hard. Compatibility is hard. Communication is hard. Love is hard. It is painful and lonely. You will long for comfort, reassurance, and security. Of unconditional and unqualified love. Whatever joy you think there is in the experience of cultivating a new relationship it will never compare to what has already bloomed.

I know because I have been there that it's not easy to quell these feelings. That until you see for yourself, you will continue to wonder what else you may experience. I say, go ahead and wonder. If you must, imagine what may come. You will be lonely, and alone. You will meet new people, and go through the same fights you went through, take the same pains to trust someone new, to feel open and honest with another. You may have that trust broken, you may be betrayed. You may be with many people who will never love you, or whom you may never love. And maybe, just maybe, if you're really lucky, you will find something as good as what you already have.