[MEGoody]

"The mythical long and satisfying ones?"

Mythical? My husband and I have been married for 30 years, and it gets better every year.

While you may not wish to make a real, long-term commitment or are unable to find a woman who is willing to commit to you, there are some couples around who have made that commitment and are very happy to have done so.

[MineralMan]

"Mythical? My husband and I have been married for 30 years, and it gets better every year."

And from a male perspective, I agree with you. I've only been married for 12 years, but was married before for 17 years. That previous marriage ended, but with no rancor and with no economic battles. My ex-wife and I went to an attorney who specialized in uncontested divorces and we worked everything out...fair for both sides.

We're still friends, even though we don't see each other more than a couple of times a year. I needed her to sign some papers last year, regarding a paid-off mortgage she and I had held together. I called her and she drove immediately to the title company and signed the papers.

Friendship, not sex, is the core of marriage. Sex is great, no doubt, but it's not what holds marriages together.