Most of the longer-term relationships I've known have been gay relationships. They seem to be able to hang out longer.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I've had a couple of long relationships. And I've had a couple of shorter relationships.
You see gay relationships that are just stunning in the quality of the relationship.
I've been close to two or three couples, gay and straight, who have been together for 45 years.
I grew up in a pretty gay world - my brother's gay and he's been married to a man for 20 years, which is like 60 in straight-people years.
I seem to be a long-term relationship kinda guy.
Relationships have to have a give and take if they're going to work in the long term.
I've had, like, four long-term boyfriends. I tend to be in relationships for long periods of time.
I grew up in a family where many of our close friends were gay couples. As well as that, every man goes through a period of thinking they're attracted to another guy.
Long-term heterosexual monogamy is still the dominant model: men and women still want to pair for a long period of time.
Long-term relationships are an everyday choice. It's harder to be in a marriage than it is to bounce from one relationship to the next.