Big_Joe said:
That's not true! That might be your jaded opinion but it's not true for me or anybody I know that is married. And I think this is really your problem with your relationships, you lie to your women. There is no way for a relationship to last if you lie. Realize that you're the cause of your problem not bodybuilding.
Myself I'm going on fifteen years and it's the greatest love affair I have ever had. And it's getting better all the time. I never lie to my wife. I even tell her when other women hit on me. It pisses her off sometimes but she's not pissed at me. I tell my wife everything. She is my life partner. If you don't look at your wife that way it's going to be really hard for you to have a lasting relationship.
I'd like to know what planet you live on where everybody you know is so frikkin' happy in their marriage cuz I need to move their asap. I talk to a lot of married guys that say their workouts have never been better since they tied the knot and had kids. It's not because their life is more fulfilling. It's because they hate their life at home so much that they spend more time in the gym than ever to avoid being at home wiping asses and listening to their wives bitch.
My guess is that you're the one guy that's such a perfect husband in an exceptional relationship that your friends are too embarassed to reveal their true feelings about their own relationships around you. Hell, most probably can't even admit it to themselves??? Trust me on this, or our divorce rates wouldn't be skyrocketing like they are.
Think about it like this. If you're Mr Straight Laced Goody Two Shoes in your social circles, the guys who are smoking dope, doing coke, and banging hookers on the weekends are not going to discuss this stuff when you're around. I think the same applies to your relationship. You're a lucky bastard and you probably make most guys that are in sub-perfect relationships feel like shit about themselves. So the topics of infidelity/lying rarely ever even presents itself when you're around. When it is brought up, don't expect these guys to be honest about it. Not only will you make them feel stupid, they may worry that you'll rat out their unscrupulous behavior to their wives.
It's almost like you're a cop that has a few civilian friends that seem like normal, everyday, avg guys, but in their secret lives they are total criminals. They may really like you and enjoy hanging out with you too. However, friends or not, they're not going to discuss their next conspiracy to smuggle a few keys of blow cross-country or dispose of a dead body when their cop friend is around.
Generally speaking, I still say most relationships are a joke. My friend owns the biggest escort service in AZ. Some of his regular clientele are people that you would never expect to lie or cheat-including married mormon pastors, youth ministers, and tons of wealthy guys with trophy wives(that have the outward appearance of the perfect marriage). I could go on forever about this topic and how guys are fucking hookers on their couch while surrounded by pics of their wife/kids on top of the tv set.
Personally I think that you're such a nice guy, you can't even comprehend the avg married male's comprimised morality and just what length's he'll go to in order to keep his supply of ass on hand. That's not a bad thing-but I think you'll be real disappointed the day that you decide to analyze what's beneath the surface.