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I'm only as successful as I am because I wanted to prove to my girlfriend (now my wife) that I am worthy of her. Plus, she's hot.

• bokonist 17y ago
  I'm curious, did marrying her end up curbing your ambition or making you complacent?
  • bh23ha 17y ago
    I can't recall where I heard the expression: "Marriage turns of genius like a tap."
    • electromagnetic 17y ago
      If you give the nerd sex, computers lose their interest. I believe there could be an XKCD graph in this for frequency of sex correlated against infrequency of genius.
      • orangecat 17y ago
        IIRC there was a graph along those lines in Cryptonomicon. While there may be some truth to that, I'm pretty sure the optimal frequency is not zero.
        • Psyonic 17y ago
          Correct. He'd start to get so horny that he couldn't focus, so he'd have to masturbate (which was a small relief) or have sex, which was a great relief, and gave him weeks of productive work.
  • superjared 17y ago
    Not in the slightest. Just because we're married does not mean we're together forever. Every day I wake up and see her is another day I want to show her how much she means to me. I don't believe in soul mates, but I do believe in true love.