Willa - I'm happy for you that your experience is a positive one that enhances your relationship. My experience was vastly different. Worlds apart really. What I went through broke my trust in so many ways. I was 19 and he was 30. I was a virgin and he had slept with other men's wives. I was young and naive and innocent. And he crushed me like a bug. I won't say that I'll never get married again. But it's highly unlikely. Admittedly, my circumstances were different than most. But for me, the idea of marriage will probably always echo with the abuse I endured at his hands for 13 years. I don't need to be married to love someone with my whole being, nor to be committed, faithful, and true.