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Re:The Science of Passionate Sex by pmoriarty on Thursday August 03, 2017 @11:49AM (#14920587)
"We would instead learn to pay admiring attention to those who had accepted with a reasonable show of dignity and grace that the natural price of long-term togetherness is a decline in the quality and frequency of sexual contact – and that this is, in a great many cases, a price very much worth paying."

Is it possible to accept that and remain monogamous?

Because for many, when one is bored with their current partner, passionate sex is just an affair away.

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Re:The Science of Passionate Sex by Mahn on Thursday August 03, 2017 @12:20PM (#14920927)
> Is it possible to accept that and remain monogamous?

I think this is something very personal and varies from person to person. To some sex in a long-term relationship is important, to some it isn't. Some hop from partner to partner, some stay committed for decades. There's probably not a one-size-fits-all and there doesn't have to be.

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Re:The Science of Passionate Sex by root_axis on Thursday August 03, 2017 @12:03PM (#14920740)
Well sure, and many people have affairs for this reason. On the other hand, many don't out of respect for their partner or their own values.
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