For those in long term relationships, what percentage of it is about love vs. lust?

Lust all the way. I’m a sociopath and incapable of love. Apparently.

one feeds t’other if you ask me.

Shibboleth – a committed relationship with yourself doesn’t count 😀

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Same goes for you Fred! 😛

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Hmmm.. I’ve been with my wife for fifteen years and married for four so hopefully long term enough to answer.

Lust and intimacy help sustain love, but (speaking as a sex-starved couple with a young baby) they are not everything 😀

percentage? WTF? take it you’re not getting any then Al?

Joking aside, lust gets you together, love keeps you together.

That’s what Al’s mum told me last time I banged her anyway.

That’s what Al’s mum told me last time I banged her anyway.

That may just be a line she uses, she told me the same thing.

Glad I’ve gotten over my rage over “your mum” jokes!

Just curious GW, sex can be about either and is usually about a bit of both.

been with my mrs since i was 17. now 45. one feeds the other.

All i know is after 18 yrs, whenever i see my g’f i still want f*ck the sh!t out of her, even when she’s not wearing her sh@gging tackle.
So that must be love with a hint of freaky lust.

I have been going out with my wife for 18 years now and married for 15.

Thinking about it now, the love/lust ratio can vary over time. Most of the time they vary gradually, but you can have some big shocks to the system at time, e.g. children, serious illness, etc.

There must be some sort of male lust cycle as well because it can wax and wane over time.

At the moment I seem to be going up a rather large peak and it is good fun 🙂

If you lust after it with them, you love them as a partner.
If you love them more than you lust after them, you love them as a friend.

If the lust dies the love has changed meaning.

lust/love% = +70%/-30%

IMHO

Well, if 4 years is considered a long term relationship, my Yeti still gets a regular good seeing to 🙂

tell you one thing too………….my mrs has got dirtier the older she get’s………..
what’s all that about………… 😯

ton – Member
tell you one thing too………….my mrs has got dirtier the older she get’s………..
what’s all that about…………

Stop washing the bikes in the bath and perhaps she’ll wash more.HTH 😉

ton – Member
tell you one thing too………….my mrs has got dirtier the older she get’s………..
what’s all that about…………

Same here!

Maybe it’s a reward for long service 🙂

i hope it carries on………… 😉

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your asking for a percentage so I will give you one….

Been together 8 yrs two kids so **** loooonnnngg term and its a combo or love v lust in that order.

Love first with 80% and in at 20% lust – these numbers are due to only having 20% or the year to have fun go our get pished and have sex that way – the other 80% is married sex!

percentage? shouldn’t that be portion?

“been with my mrs since i was 17. now 45. one feeds the other”

I think thats just old age setting in, helping each other eat

It’s also why he’s so big

How long is a ‘long term relationship’?

So if your sex life was to end – say through illness with you partner, what happens then?

New baby in our lives.

What’s s*x again?

Been with my mrs nearly 7 years now. The lust towards each other varies… normally at different times

whats all this internet bullsh!ttery about women having sex drives?!

lies i tells ya… lies!

the missus doesn’t care what I call it…as long as i don’t wake her up!

tyger – Member
So if your sex life was to end – say through illness with you partner, what happens then?

ton – Member
been with my mrs since i was 17. now 45. one feeds the other.

You’re only 45? 😯

😉

bastid

Jeez I just realised that…you’re only 3 years older than me!

you only look so good cos you lead a cosseted easy life………wankpot 😉

Pretty grandiose term for gazing at women on buses.

ton – Member

been with my mrs since i was 17. now 45. one feeds the other.
Dont let iDave see that, you know he’ll start.

nonk – Member
one feeds t’other if you ask me.

Yeah, that’s nice as well, but happens less as you are married for longer