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Well, just in my own experience, I've found that sex starts to lose it's attraction in a relationship once other factors (resentment, unhappiness, stress of child-rearing, money problems, etc.) start to take their toll on the feelings of intimacy between two people.
Seems to me you are still trying to place ultimatums on mature relationships when the truth is the hardships of living and the stresses they place on people trying to maintain them cannot always be explained in a nutshell.
Sex is important, but it is not the be-all and end-all of a marriage. More important than the act is the intimacy that makes it more than just fucking.
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