The ideal marriage is no marriage at all. Think about it…no marriage means no conflicts, no pesky children, no in-laws, less stress, more money for yourself (unless the girl is rich), and no sex being the only downside. That’s something most people can live without. But there are those who would trade it all for a few “fun” hours (or minutes…yeah…um). So, what’s in it for those folks? Well, to make it even close to ideal, both parties of the marriage must be perfect. The in-laws have to be perfect too. Perfect means kind, gentle, loving, caring, and that sort of thing. You have to know how to live with another human being 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for the rest of your pathetic excuse for a life. And you have to be good at it. You have to take care of your spouse when they get sick and start coughing up blood all over you, or when they have a “red flag” day and run around waving a knife and screaming. You’ll have to listen to them blather on about their problems or how their day has gone, even when you really could care less. Then you have the spouse wanting kids and the whole marriage thing gets even worse. You have kids who throw up on every furnished item in the house and don’t bother cleaning up after themselves. They’ll stink up the house, require money for food, clothing, movie tickets, and gas. Then they’ll blame all their problems on you. When they go and do something naughty, the cops end up putting a partial blame on you, so you begin to wonder if the kid was right with blaming their problems at you. If you end up not getting a divorce or committing suicide/murder, you’re in an ideal marriage, and I feel sorry for you. Not really, though.