Relationships are different today. We meet people online, we marry later, we marry more often. It seems to me that old practices and expectations can't hold up to today's realities, especially on the female side. Women have never had such a combination of choice and power, and traditional relationships don't stand a chance.
I met my current wife on a dating site. What I didn't know initially was that she was married at the time. We had flirted quite tamely for a couple of months when I suggested we should at least meet for coffee. I myself was newly single and new to online dating so I was naive, horny and without expectation. I had met a couple of other women, had tried to start a relationship but got cold feet as it was way too early for me to get serious.
On our first date, I met Cindy at a coffee shop downtown and she seemed nice enough. Pleasent to talk to, nice on the eyes, but there weren't any butterflies either. It was starting to get dark and I was hungry suggested we grab a bite to eat at my favorite cafe. It was just around the corner so we headed over, managed to get a nice enough table and continued our chat. To this day I don't know what came over me but near the end of the meal I stood up, leaned over and gave her a deep soulful, passionate kiss, which she happily returned.
The rest of the evening was abit of a blur. I paid the bill and we ran over to a jazz club but frankly all we did was make out, and quckly decided to go back to my place. We grabbed a taxi, my cock was in her mouth the entire drive home and we spent the next few hours fucking our brains out. she slipped away quietly around 2am but messaged me the next day hoping to get together again soon. For the next 6 months we got together every Thursday at my place where we had great laughs, lots of sex and actually grew to like each other a lot.
About 3 months in she confessed to being married but that actually turned me on more. I asked her if she was seeing anyone else and she said no, and I believed her as I gave her no reason to lie. In fact it was me who suggested that she find another fuck buddy, and she did. Sadly I met someone myself and foolishly thought I should be monogamous so I broke up with Cindy. She was pretty cool about it and realized the circumstances were such that it was somewhat inevitable. We stayed in touch and a year later found us both single, and we started dating in a more traditional manner, fell in love and decided to get married.