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post 10000142675 04-27-2026, 11:55 AM
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Choose your partner carefully. Make sure you also enjoy hanging out together like you would with a friend

Also don't marry down too far financially. If you know someone is a gold digger and you're into them, just have fun and never formalize anything
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post 10000142686 04-27-2026, 12:00 PM
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post 10000142786 04-27-2026, 01:04 PM
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I'm still traditional and think a solid marriage and family is the best way to maximize happiness and life satisfaction.

I was careful who I married, but there's luck involved, too, and I got lucky. My wife is great and we'll have been married for 23 years this summer. There's plenty I'd change about my life, but getting married isn't one of them - I'd do it all again.
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post 10000142852 04-27-2026, 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted By OliverHeldens
Does this mean you're planning on divorcing your wife once your kids are 18?
We'll see when the time comes. Some Married men say once the kids are out, her libido returns. Not holding my breath, but I'll also be close to 60 at that point.
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Single people are losers in life.

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post 10000143022 04-27-2026, 04:05 PM
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All life is a gamble but I enjoy being married...
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post 10000143027 04-27-2026, 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted By 4Bertuzzi4
Been Married 10ish years. Have kids.

Let me tell you, even though my Wife is attractive, thin and 7 years younger than me... It gets old and she will slowly remove intimacy until you're getting less than the bare minimum.

Then you'll get hit on by beautiful girls who can sense your sexual frustration, and you will enjoy the attention. And since you can't Divorce without losing everything, including daily access to your kids... You're left with 2 options:

Accept your lot on life, and wait for the kids to grow up. Or say Fck it and boink other women.

I made my choice. What would you do?


I couldn't handle knowing some other guy is living with my kids. Who knows if he's a diddler? Priority #1 as a man, is keeping your kids safe.
Has she ever gotten her hormones checked?
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post 10000143028 04-27-2026, 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted By MiscDetective
Single people are losers in life.

Period dot.
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post 10000143031 04-27-2026, 04:14 PM
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i think marriage if both parties honor the sanctity of it; is a wise choice if you want a family

however, i don't think women nowadays actually want to be wives.. they just want the wedding so they can post it on social media and check a box off their list.. which comes with obvious issues
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post 10000143080 04-27-2026, 04:51 PM
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47 and have never been married.  When I was 22, I almost got married.  Thought it was perfect, but I guess it wasn’t, and that really wrecked me.  It's really amazing how someone just changes their mind and can totally wreck your life.  From there, I never really met a girl that could make me want to marry someone.  Noticed how many good dudes had their whole lives ruined by a divorce.  Now I’ve met a good woman that is making me change my mind but haven’t pulled the trigger.
post 10000143114 04-27-2026, 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted By Legz422
Has she ever gotten her hormones checked?
Yes, there's nothing wrong with her. She has multiple O's when she grants access. It's just all on her terms when the rare whim strikes.

From talking to many Husbands, women get this way in long term relationships. The only thing to re-ignite their libido is new relationship energy, chaos and emotional roller-coaster rides. A Husband providing a comfortable life cannot provide what she craves.


That's why so many Wives step out. Hubby will most likely never find out either.

Don't get Married, brahs.
post 10000143173 04-27-2026, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted By 4Bertuzzi4
Been Married 10ish years. Have kids.

Let me tell you, even though my Wife is attractive, thin and 7 years younger than me... It gets old and she will slowly remove intimacy until you're getting less than the bare minimum.

Then you'll get hit on by beautiful girls who can sense your sexual frustration, and you will enjoy the attention. And since you can't Divorce without losing everything, including daily access to your kids... You're left with 2 options:

Accept your lot on life, and wait for the kids to grow up. Or say Fck it and boink other women.

I made my choice. What would you do?


I couldn't handle knowing some other guy is living with my kids. Who knows if he's a diddler? Priority #1 as a man, is keeping your kids safe.
Is your wife not OK with arrangements?

My Hispanic friends specifically, their wives let them go to massage parlors on the side or having fun on boys trips. They just don’t want to know about it so he has to be discreet. TBH she’d probably divorce him anyways if she found out despite giving him the OK. Kind of like a chit test. So idk

If she’s not being manipulative, I feel like this is a pragmatic solution to the intimacy issue srs. It’s a given both husband and wife will lose sexual interest in each other. It’s just part of human nature. We can’t fuk the same person for decades.

And women know men are wired to fuk. And instead of fighting it, they can live with it for the harmony of the household.

Regardless this isn’t my problem with marriage. My GF told me she doesn’t expect me to just fuk her the rest of our lives if we stay together. I’m more worried about divorce and losing most of my chit. To put it bluntly, I make far more than she does. We have different views on money when it comes to saving and spending. I’m more frivolous, she’s more frugal.

Barring the financial picture, I can’t find a girl I like as much as her. I can find girls who I’m more financially compatible with but they’re boring. My heart tells me if I compromise on this though it won’t end up well long term.

Thats just one example, I feel like there are issues in general with every girl I date. Maybe it’s a me thing and not a them thing. Regardless, the traditional American culture of our parents’s days isn’t a thing anymore. Either they’ll leave or I’ll leave, and society won’t cast stigma, which makes it more likely for couples to choose to split instead of trying to undergo hardship together. And tbh I don’t trust myself or them to go that difficult route when divorce is like a get out of jail free card, more so for them.
post 10000143202 04-27-2026, 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted By 4Bertuzzi4
We'll see when the time comes. Some Married men say once the kids are out, her libido returns. Not holding my breath, but I'll also be close to 60 at that point.
I guess at this point you can always cheat on her without having to worry about breaking up the family as well....
post 10000143247 04-27-2026, 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted By OliverHeldens
I guess at this point you can always cheat on her without having to worry about breaking up the family as well....
I'm not saying I am cheating now, but I'm not saying I'm faithful, either.

To the doxxer's: I am not cheating.
post 10000143257 04-27-2026, 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted By PovertyGhost
Is your wife not OK with arrangements?

My Hispanic friends specifically, their wives let them go to massage parlors on the side or having fun on boys trips. They just don’t want to know about it so he has to be discreet. TBH she’d probably divorce him anyways if she found out despite giving him the OK. Kind of like a chit test. So idk

If she’s not being manipulative, I feel like this is a pragmatic solution to the intimacy issue srs. It’s a given both husband and wife will lose sexual interest in each other. It’s just part of human nature. We can’t fuk the same person for decades.

And women know men are wired to fuk. And instead of fighting it, they can live with it for the harmony of the household.

Regardless this isn’t my problem with marriage. My GF told me she doesn’t expect me to just fuk her the rest of our lives if we stay together. I’m more worried about divorce and losing most of my chit. To put it bluntly, I make far more than she does. We have different views on money when it comes to saving and spending. I’m more frivolous, she’s more frugal.

Barring the financial picture, I can’t find a girl I like as much as her. I can find girls who I’m more financially compatible with but they’re boring. My heart tells me if I compromise on this though it won’t end up well long term.

Thats just one example, I feel like there are issues in general with every girl I date. Maybe it’s a me thing and not a them thing. Regardless, the traditional American culture of our parents’s days isn’t a thing anymore. Either they’ll leave or I’ll leave, and society won’t cast stigma, which makes it more likely for couples to choose to split instead of trying to undergo hardship together. And tbh I don’t trust myself or them to go that difficult route when divorce is like a get out of jail free card, more so for them.
And those Hispanic wives are going and getting dink on the side while their husbands are at the parlor. The cheating by Hispanics is YUGE, for both husbands and wives.
post 10000143264 04-27-2026, 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted By PovertyGhost
Is your wife not OK with arrangements?

My Hispanic friends specifically, their wives let them go to massage parlors on the side or having fun on boys trips. They just don’t want to know about it so he has to be discreet. TBH she’d probably divorce him anyways if she found out despite giving him the OK. Kind of like a chit test. So idk

If she’s not being manipulative, I feel like this is a pragmatic solution to the intimacy issue srs. It’s a given both husband and wife will lose sexual interest in each other. It’s just part of human nature. We can’t fuk the same person for decades.

And women know men are wired to fuk. And instead of fighting it, they can live with it for the harmony of the household.

Regardless this isn’t my problem with marriage. My GF told me she doesn’t expect me to just fuk her the rest of our lives if we stay together. I’m more worried about divorce and losing most of my chit. To put it bluntly, I make far more than she does. We have different views on money when it comes to saving and spending. I’m more frivolous, she’s more frugal.

Barring the financial picture, I can’t find a girl I like as much as her. I can find girls who I’m more financially compatible with but they’re boring. My heart tells me if I compromise on this though it won’t end up well long term.

Thats just one example, I feel like there are issues in general with every girl I date. Maybe it’s a me thing and not a them thing. Regardless, the traditional American culture of our parents’s days isn’t a thing anymore. Either they’ll leave or I’ll leave, and society won’t cast stigma, which makes it more likely for couples to choose to split instead of trying to undergo hardship together. And tbh I don’t trust myself or them to go that difficult route when divorce is like a get out of jail free card, more so for them.
Wife would divorce me if I even spoke of having arrangements. It's one of those situations where "I don't want to sleep with you, but you can't sleep with anyone else either". Sounds retarded, because it is.

Luckily for me she makes close to what I do, but I did provide the majority of the marital home, cars, and have a fairly large retirement savings she would be entitled to half of.

Every woman I've dated or had long term relationships with have had one issue or another. The way their brains are wired, are not conducive to a peaceful, stress-free, harmonious existence. The chaos and drama a beautiful woman brings usually shows up once the honeymoon period is over.

Don't get Married.

Date, maintain separate residences, and as soon as the excitement, intimacy and butterflies dissipate, move on to the next girl.
post 10000143266 04-27-2026, 08:01 PM
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The real answer is a lot of otherwise rational men just become completely retarded when it comes to women dfs.
post 10000143304 04-27-2026, 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted By 4Bertuzzi4
Wife would divorce me if I even spoke of having arrangements. It's one of those situations where "I don't want to sleep with you, but you can't sleep with anyone else either". Sounds retarded, because it is.

Luckily for me she makes close to what I do, but I did provide the majority of the marital home, cars, and have a fairly large retirement savings she would be entitled to half of.

Every woman I've dated or had long term relationships with have had one issue or another. The way their brains are wired, are not conducive to a peaceful, stress-free, harmonious existence. The chaos and drama a beautiful woman brings usually shows up once the honeymoon period is over.

Don't get Married.

Date, maintain separate residences, and as soon as the excitement, intimacy and butterflies dissipate, move on to the next girl.
Do you ever publically shame her for not putting out? Like jerking off openly on the bed while she's in it?
post 10000143308 04-27-2026, 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted By OliverHeldens
Do you ever publically shame her for not putting out? Like jerking off openly on the bed while she's in it?
Honestly, once you've been denied so many times, you stop asking and don't even want it from her anymore. Rejection makes the heart go yonder...
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Originally Posted By 4Bertuzzi4
Honestly, once you've been denied so many times, you stop asking and don't even want it from her anymore. Rejection makes the heart go yonder...
How is she outside of the sex life? Is she otherwise caring and providing for you and being a good mom to the kids?
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Originally Posted By 4Bertuzzi4
I'm not saying I am cheating now, but I'm not saying I'm faithful, either.

To the doxxer's: I am not cheating.
I'd stop the shit buddy. Take it from one who knows. The personal and professional consequences are not worth it. Leave her if you have to but be honest with her.
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Originally Posted By ExPatriot
All life is a gamble but I enjoy being married...
you going to suck off murroway some more you little ******
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Even when I was 11 or so I knew I would never marry. It was never on my horizon and just doesn't fit with the nature of my existence.

I enjoy the liberty of being totally single and childless.
Cook the man some eggs!
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Originally Posted By PovertyGhost
How is she outside of the sex life? Is she otherwise caring and providing for you and being a good mom to the kids?
She's generally a great Mom and does a lot of Mom stuff. Usually pleasant to me, but has her moments like anyone.
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Originally Posted By MiscDetective
I'd stop the shit buddy. Take it from one who knows. The personal and professional consequences are not worth it. Leave her if you have to but be honest with her.
I'm not saying I step out, but I understand those who do now. Sometimes life isn't black and white.
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I think of all the celebrities who have to make these big apologies for having sex with someone else (which is completely normal). People like Mike Vrabel have to go through all this crap simply because he was dumb enough to get married in the first place.
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Married 7 years crew. Parents still married as well.

Divorce hurts kids the most and brings generational misery, which explains this society being bitter and selfish.
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Originally Posted By GooBaaa
I got married last year it’s goated
it's called the honeymoon phase for a reason, give it 7 years dude
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Originally Posted By AMOG
No doubt.

however, I think people like you don't understand the risks. Whatever statistics you see don't even represent the raw-data (which is probably alarming). How many couples are together for fear of loneliness rather than affection? For her not to be homeless?

I've literally always thought since I was a little kid that the secret to a long-marriage was being an ugly couple. I remember when I found out how sex worked and I'd look at people's wives and girlfriends and wonder how some guy (likely a gymcel) could fuck and procreate with beasts. I mean the likelihood of ANY woman having a child is almost 100% past a certain age. Even cripples. I mean you see some many attractive women on TV movies and IRL its a fucking shitshow of ugly people penetrating each other. Its wild.

Most men simply tell themselves their wife is "beautiful"...OK, then what's the word to describe Taylor Swift or whomever is legitimately attractive?

I remember telling a woman in a dating app that she was delusional for demanding a man over 6ft? She told me she was entitled to her preferences.

Why was I so harsh? She was in a fucking wheelchair. I told her she was a burden to her family her entire life and now expects Prince Charming to waltz in and sweep her off her wheels. insanity.

That said, I have no doubt some 6footer did eventually wife her up. Probably sold his BMW to buy a van with a wheelchair-lift tbh.
Taylor swift is your example of someone exceptionally beautiful? pls go
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