Its good that you included the source because the FULL quote puts it into a very different context:
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But Essman, who was 53 when she married ... , has no regrets. "So you marry a guy when you're 25, and that's it? That's the extent of your sexual experience? That wasn't for me,"
I really DON'T think she meant for what you quoted to apply to a
53 year old gringo monger who has probably had as many sexual partners up to that point in their lives as at least 10 other "normal" people ever have and probably even had more sexual partners by the time they were just 25 as most other "normal" people have in their lifetimes.
However, I'd still DEFINITELY go along with her point. If I was 25, I wouldn't be quick AT ALL to agree to a wedding vow like that and, even at the age of 52, I personally STILL fail to see the reason for including that normally unspoken part of the marriage "bargain". Besides, even if I was prepared to vow lifelong sexual fidelity to one women for the rest of my life at my age, it certainly wouldn't be with a woman anywhere close to my age. A 40 year old women
might be attractive enough for me at 52, but that wouldn't last nearly long enough and I certainly wouldn't want to be restricted to having sex with a nearly 60 year old woman when I hit 70. Even marrying a much younger woman at my age would be a real crapshoot. A nice young 25-30 year old can make my blood boil today, but once she's got me locked in how long will she bother to keep up her looks and what will SHE look like at 40? I guess that's an example of the "for better or for WORSE"!