It’s not a necessary biological function. Geez. Adam Smith, who made a great impact on the entire world, never had kids. He may have never ‘had his hat blocked’, even. I don’t know. Relationship math is simple. One times One equals One. If either are any less, the result is always less.
That being said, boxing the one-eyed champ a little less often will reduce the so called ‘loneliness’ – which is probably something more like a result of sexual interaction without intimacy – and actually eventually cut down on the libido. Wholeness is a more important goal, and as the old proverb says, “Love thy neighbor as thyself.” That means you love yourself by loving your neighbor. And love? It is charity; not eros.
The bitterness is bad, but the real truth is that anything you do to treat it will eventually come to “just getting over it.” Forgive, forget. Easy? Never. Necessary? Always.
