A million years ago in Denver, I was involved in pedicle screw/spinal fusion surgery lawsuits. There was a plaintiff named Johnny Lee. His complaint was this:
Before surgery: boinked his wife 6-10 times a week; interactions were typically 90-120 minutes.
After surgery: boinked his wife 4-7 times a week; interactions were typically 30-45 minutes. (This dropoff happened after surgery @ about 15 years of marriage)
I scoffed at the time. Bull fucking shit. Frequency and amplitude were both obviously wild exaggerations. (I had been married for 5 years at that point and had my own data set.) I figured that he was just to proud to admit that he desperately wanted Pfizer to invent Viagra. But (basically), for purposes of civil damages, you’re still getting laid dude – what are your damages? If you’re lying about sleeping with your wife, you have to sleep with that lie. We’re not paying.
Nothing in the next 8 years of marriage disabused me of my skepticism.
Then I got divorced.
After wandering in the Arctic tundra, and then the post apocalyptic barren wastelands for a while, I discovered oases that were not mirages. I have subsequently supplemented my data set, reanalyzed my data, rejected my initial conclusion and revised my theory. So, yay science. I can tell you that applying the scientific method to this case study was much more satisfying than simply saying “because God made it that way.”
So there you go.
Welcome to the land of wet, warm, soft ..never say no places…