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never. I fell in love once, got married once, and while I had a wicked amount of fun during my single years I never got into a serious relationship until I married my best friend. Back in the day I was proposed to by two guys I was seeing casually (or so I thought, anyways) and my response to both was pretty much 'lol wut?'.
(looking back I do regret how I handled those situations btw)
I'm not surprised so many relationships fail, I can count on two hands the number of couples I know that genuinely enjoy each others company. So many people get married for the wrong reasons, or worse start out great but take each other for granted and grow apart. I don't think money or sex problems kill a bond, I think alienation, bitterness and resentment do.
My husband and I have to do a lot of 'couples dinners' for his work and I'm always surprised by how little the other couples seem to enjoy each other. It seems like after getting married a lot of couples fall into default roles of 'husband' and 'wife' and forget that they used to actually have fun together. Physically and emotionally they all seem so distant from one another. It's a shame really but it seems to be more the norm than the exception.
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