It's better if you love the person. Meaningless sex is just that, meaningless.
Love is one of those words that seems to ring hollow to me. It gets thrown around a lot. But it seems like nobody actually experiences it, they just mimic what they hear in books and movies. It's like the concept of that uberman lifestyle, nobody can really achieve it.
What about with your wife? If you dont feel that connection with your wife you married the wrong person
I married the right person. I feel very comfortable with my wife, and I feel a sense of duty toward her. The sex is pretty good, too, although I don't feel anything besides the physical experience when cumming, and maybe a sense of familiarity.
A spiritual deep connection with the person you love. Its more than just wam bam orgasm. You make an emotional connection and are very open and its fun to talk and be yourself and experience this *with* the other person as well rather than just jackhammering until you cum without any regard for your partner. Might as well just masturbate and save the other person the trouble if that's your approach to sex.
I care about my partner's pleasure. I just don't feel any connection, it's like there's nothing there besides the person that I see. The same applies to every person. What kind of emotional connection do you and Alice have?