My wife and I had a rough start out of the gate, but worked through those issues. We just put 10 years behind us, and I'll say that during Covid and working at home, we have gotten closer than ever. I'm sure that's not the norm, but I'll take it. She is a blessing and doesn't care about my hunting and fishing habits too much.

My wife and I kinda going thru the same thing. She wants to retire on the beach, and I want to retire in the mountains. We both like the idea of retiring on a lake house, so maybe there is compromise there. But she wants lake house close to the beach and I want close to mountains.

Friends with Benefits for me.

This is simply not true in todays time. Women actually cheat just as much, if not more frequently than men - they're just better about lying/keeping things hidden. It is MUCH easier for women to cheat than it is a man.

Sad reality of the state of the world is that infidelity is at an all time high.

As in Medicare benefits or where we going here Buzz ?

Congrats but how were you not looking if you signed up and paid for match.com?

I walked into the break room at work last week and overheard this conversation, been on my mind ever since. 7 people sitting there, 2 gals and 5 guys. One of the guys, very young maybe 22 or so said he just proposed to his girlfriend and wanted marriage advice. The other 6 folk ranged in age from mid twenties to mid 40’s . All married except one guy who was divorced. Every single person was telling this kid not to do it. Get out now while you can basically. One even said marriage is a linear downfall that starts at day one.

Is this where we are today ? Best marriage advice we can give a young guy is not to do it ? I listened for a couple minutes while I was getting a drink and these folks weren’t just joking they were seriously telling him not to get married .

Would you do it all over again?

...unless she's a smoking hot nympho who's Daddy owns a big ranch.

I'll ask around for you.

My wife and I have been together for 21 years, married 13. We are best friends. We've had maybe 3 big arguments ever. Literally no effort staying together. Lucky I guess.

This is simply not true in todays time. Women actually cheat just as much, if not more frequently than men - they're just better about lying/keeping things hidden. It is MUCH easier for women to cheat than it is a man.

Sad reality of the state of the world is that infidelity is at an all time high.

And to top It all off, with the CS I’m paying the first wife, I can’t afford to be single.

I agree 100%. I am a decent looking successful man. Not Brad Pitt by any means but not Jaba the hut either. Been married twenty years. I have never had a woman hit on me since being married. I don’t go to bars or places like that without my wife. Any halfway decent looking woman gets hit on at least weekly if not more.

My advice to any young man or woman who was thinking about getting married would be to have a very frank and honest discussion about sex and what their partners expectation is about sex after they are married. I know quite a few women that basically said I've got the ring, I'm done with sex or I'm done with oral sex (I'm sure it occasionally happens with men as well). Same thing before you have kids. Depending on the answer, you have to ask yourself if you are OK being someone in their mid 20's or 30's that is no longer allowed to have sex or may only have sex 2 or 3 times a year.