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[quote=Anonymous]I'm not sure I understand the question.

I married later (30s).  But I had a lot of guy friends and a lot of boyfriends of varying degrees of seriousness.

The guy friends who were just friends were just friends for a reason: there was no attraction.  Some of the boyfriends were close friends in addition to being romantic partners.  Some were just romantic partners (and that was what I needed for that time in my life).

My husband and I dated when we first met and had a romantic relationship alongside a pretty deep friendship.  Eventually we got married.

Is the question geared toward people who were platonic with their now husbands for long stretches of time?  Personally, I don't understand that.  As I said, I don't see why a guy can't be a friend and a romantic partner.  The guys I've known where were friends and just friends were so for a reason.

I had opportunities to marry guys who were great friends and good on paper, but I would've never married someone without a strong romantic/intimate connection to go along with the friendship.  I just don't see the point.

I agree with the posters who say that marriage is something different from friendship.  It's also something different from a purely physical/romantic relationship.  It has elements of both.  The marriages I've seen last (happily -- not the ones where they stayed married but seemed unsatisfied) are the ones that had elements of both friendship and more than friendship.
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