Richard Hogan: It's OK for sex to simmer down as we get older

"I mean, it would be hard to get the lunches done, the uniform ready, bags packed, teeth brushed, stories told, if you were still in the throes of those early romantic passions every night, before putting the children to bed."

I don’t think too many people talk about how our 40s stretch us to the point of breaking. Intimacy can really fall down the hierarchy of needs as we move in to middle age. 

To love is the greatest thing humans do. There is no other greater achievement. 

We may construct huge buildings, acquire great wealth, achieve great prominence, but, in the end, love is it. It is the sum and summit of our earthly experience.