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[quote=Anonymous]The truth is that not many long term marriages are filled with romantic love.  If you consider half end in divorce, that leaves the other half.  Many of those are sexless, or low physical or romantic intimacy.

Yes, I know someone will jump in and tell me "My DH and I have an amazing, sex-filled marriage and I married my best friend and lover!"  Good for you.  No, really, that's great, I believe you.  It's just not that common.

Thing is, most of us married someone in our 20s whom we had deep, romantic love with.  It's really hard to maintain for decades, especially with any number of things life throws at us.

As for me, I am also 45 and in a decent marriage insofar as we don't really fight, we have a stable house, thriving kids, financially successful.  But zero romantic love, practically sexless, and I dream of what it would be like to be with someone who was truly excited to be with me.  I know that would also fade, so I don't jump ship.  But I also understand why so many people have affairs.

I read divorce blogs for my wake-up call about how many problems that brings that I never think about when I fantasize about starting over.[/quote]

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