First of
all, it was a joke. Second of all, it wasn\'t referring to what sustains a relationship but what differentiates
it.
I didn\'t say for a second that regular sex would give you a great, successful relationship. I said
it\'s the main output from having one. Looking at it from an emotionally-neutral, cynical standpoint (including
the \"nobody has a soulmate, just someone you can stand long enough to live with\" philosophy), what else does it
give you that you couldn\'t get from your best friend?
Relationships require communication, love,
support, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah...
As far as what you want from a relationship? Well, you\'ve
better be getting one of two things:
1. Peace of mind that you have the most wonderful person that you
connect with on an unbelievably close level and feel that no matter what happens in your life you will always love
and be loved by that one special person in your life.
2. Regular sex.
I\'m sorry, if you\'re cheap
like me, 3 things:
3. Split the cost of rent/mortgage and utilities...tax breaks...etc.
But you can
have a relationship and not live together, so it\'s more of a bonus for co-habitating relationships.
Even
then, I\'d see #1 as a stretch for differentiating from friendship because I felt that way about my best female
friend before we actually started going out...
Anyway, it was a joke, just like my horrible
simplification above, and anyone who knew me well enough, even in the confines of this forum, would know that I was
giving a cynically analytical view that doesn\'t reflect at all the feelings I have of relationships...since most
people make fun of me on here for idealizing marriage for being the thing I hope I will one day be able to properly
(as in forever) engage in when the appropriate time comes.
As for being a horn-dog...\"Don\'t worry about
me. I won a contest!!!\" [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]
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PS: I am fully aware that I make bad jokes. The
person/people giving every one of my postings 1-star remind(s) me every day. Maybe one day he/she/they will upgrade
to wasting a few minutes of their time telling me exactly why and how bad my postings suck...besides the obvious.
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