Originally Posted by little_tippler

to the rephrased question, would I stay in a sexless marriage to preserve financial success, my answer is no. Because sexless marriage means so much more than no sex. It means emotional unhappiness, indifference or constant rowing, and all manner of unpleasant things. I'm sure that, unless your friend was penniless and married a millionaire, leaving his sexless marriage won't mean he loses all his financial assets, just that he'll lose some of it. I'm sure he won't be living on the streets, right? So, I'd bail out. It's easy to look at really, where do you want to be at the end of your life, unhappy and lonely, with lots of money? That's not how I want to end up, in any case.