She Keeps Sucking The Life Out of Me

[John V]

In short, you tried the mainstream approach to marriage, failed at it, and then lowered the bar on your second attempt.

Still fantasizing about where my dicks been, huh? The "mainstream" approach failed...like it predictably does...in case you haven't seen the stats...for entirely predictable reasons. My ex wife and I had unreasonable expectations of each other, ourselves, and of marriage. Amusingly, in that case, nothing to do with my dick (so stop salivating). I learn from my mistakes (and the mistakes of countless others). I took a more measured approach and didn't lean on some an unrealistic and irrelevant view of either people or marriage this go round. Perhaps that explains why I've had more success with my method than you've had with yours, Mr. "Maybe"? You're sticking with a method that is not only foundationally bankrupt, but demonstrably ineffective.

"More measured approach" is a euphemism for lowering the bar. Why don't you just admit that's what you did?