Chad54 said:
Well, to be honest and not to get into too much detail, my back is fucked.
That happens. My impression is, a large percentage of the population over 50, and an increasingly large percentage 60 and above, have problems with chronic lower back pain... and a whole lot of them, I suspect, are people who did not injure their backs in an identifiable severe accident. I would guess it's among the reasons 65 used to be the standard retirement age. If you're relatively young and injured your back badly, that makes it worse.
Chad54 said:
How it happened and where is paying me for it.
That's a plus.
Chad54 said:
I also do work at home. But I'm not going to be able to be a gym rat. I am an average-size guy and don't have a fat belly.
You might consider ordering a copy of:
McGill, Stuart, 2007, Low Back Disorders: Evidence-Based Prevention and Rehabilitation (2nd edition), published by Human Kinetics, web site
www.HumanKinetics.com (312 pp. hardcover).
The description of the author inside the back cover reads: "Stuart McGill, Ph.D., is a professor at the University of Waterloo at Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, and a world-renowned lecturer and expert in spine function, injury prevention, and rehabilitation. McGill has written more than 200 scientific publications on the topics of lumbar function, low back injury mechanisms, investigation of tissue loading rehabilitation programs, and the formulation of work-related injury avoidance strategies. ....."
[Disclaimer: I have no relationship with McGill and gain nothing, financially or otherwise, from recommending his book.]
Chad54 said:
The thing is, I know a woman [my wife's] age has needs...
You have that right...
Chad54 said:
...and, I haven't been meeting them in bed.
As you understand, obviously, that's a problem.
Chad54 said:
It's obvious she loves me for my personality and other stuff, not for our sex life.
So, evidently your marriage has a strong basis. That, of course, is good.
Chad54 said:
And now, what with [my wife] opening up and telling me she thinks about sex 23 hours a day, I can tell she has needs. Also, since I found her stash of new rubber cocks, it's pretty obvious.
It sounds like you and your wife are communicating well, and are not inhibited from talking with each other about sex. This, and the underlying strength of your marriage, suggests a "cuckold husband / hotwife" form of marriage, in which you and she agree it is among your wife's privileges and prerogatives to date, seduce, and have sex with whomever she pleases, while you agree to remain faithful to her, may be a good form of marriage for you, given your unfortunate back injury, and may even strengthen your marriage by eliminating any need to pretend your wife's unmet sexual needs do not exist.
From this point of view, it sounds like she and you were heading in the right direction with her flirting in the bar on New Years Eve, and with your subsequent conversation on the way home.
It would not be too late to re-open your conversation with your wife about whether she should call the man who gave her his number in the bar, mention you were caught short without a good reply when she asked you about that, and suggest she go ahead and do so.