This is why we can't have nice things, Jack. Lanthanide illustrated my point with personal experience, and then you decided to push your thoughts on the matter onto his experience.
I've always thought that if I ever broke up with my boyfriend I'd probably go back to casual dating. It bothers me that a relationship isn't considered serious unless you've been together for at least two years (that seems to be the norm, at least), because I find that a colossal waste of time to find out whether or not someone is worth it or not.
Most relationships I've had have lasted between three and six months, but I've been with my boyfriend for four and a half years. I don't really count any middle school or early high school relationships because the guys I was dating usually literally ended up gay. They couldn't deal with the awesomeness amirite? Well, except for one guy, but he ended up taking a vow of celibacy and entered the priesthood to become a Navy Chaplain. But I doubt its related.
#1 boyfriend: met him in high school, started dating him the end of senior year, broke up the day before my 18th birthday, two days before I left for college. We met through theater, he was a dick, and still is. He carries that superiority air about him because he thinks he's better than everyone else. I'm glad it only lasted three months.
#2 boyfriend: Met him at a party, former Marine, reaaaally hot, but a complete alcoholic and dick to boot. He'd keep pressuring me into being physical with him when I really didn't want to, but usually I succumbed. He was a pretty big moron though. He wanted sex without a condom, and everytime I was like lololololNOEP. Glad he's out of the picture. We saw each other off and on for eight-ish months (but we weren't exclusive).
#3 boyfriend: Met him through Bible Study group on campus. He billed himself as a born again Christian (uhhhh he wasn't), but he was hot and he flirted with me so we started seeing each other. Then he cheated on me and that was that. After I left that college though he shot me a message, apologized, said it wasn't worth it, and now we're pretty good around each other.
#4 boyfriend: Met him by crashing on a friend of a friend's couch after drinking too much (herpy derp). He was younger than me and he acted like it. Watched too much porn. But hey he drove me to the airport which was nice of him. I was seeing him when I was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism, which when I started medication for it (originally) made me moody and needy. He didn't return my phone calls and we lived 1000 miles apart, so I told him hey, either respond within three days, or else I'm breaking up with you. So we broke up. Then he got married at 18...but if he wants to ruin his life he can have fun with that. He was going to enlist in the Army Reserve, but I think that fell through.
#5 guy, not really boyfriend: Friend of a friend. I guess we both posted on a mutual friend's facebook wall that we were looking for a relationship and so she kinda set us up. We met up, had a great weekend together, and then decided that it was probably not going to work out. He was still in training for the Marine Corp so he didn't know where he'd be going, so we didn't go any further than that initial period. I still talk to him, and a couple months ago I got a drunken apology over facebook from him apologizing for him saying no before we even tried.
#6 boyfriend: Current relationship. Known him since grade school (<3). We had mutual friends, and I guess I used to drive him insane because I dated some of said mutual friends in that awkward-high school manner where I spent time with them at school, sometimes outside of, but we never really dated and we never did anything physical beyond cuddles. Anyways we met up again when I came home due to hyperthyroidism (because he lived down the street), and we'd do long walks at midnight around the neighborhood catching up with each other. One day we were watching Firefly and I accidentally kissed him on the hand. We were holding hands and I had to go answer my phone, so I squeezed it and accidentally kissed it. YEA THAT WAS OUR FIRST KISS. That night he kissed me on the back of the head while he walked me to my car. Then a few weeks later we were legitimately wrestling and I leaned up and kissed him on the lips, which threw him off balance making me the victor. That describes our relationship for the past four years pretty completely, really.
When we first started seeing each other I asked him how he felt about sex. And he said maybe one day, after a few months of getting close to that person. We get into the relationship, I ask again four months later. We both decide not to do it. We haven't done it yet for several reasons all of which are mutual. But trust me, we are very physically compatible