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" We already know that married guys are happier, healthier and more successful than their single buddies (there are stacks of studies to prove it). We just didn&amp;#039;t think they knew it. But guess what? The 1,055 husbands who answered our survey understand just how lucky they are to have found a life partner. (And their ideas about marriage are strikingly similar to those of the 549 wives we also polled.) Read on for 10 gratifying insights into the satisfied -- and sexy -- lives of married men.  1. They love you for you. 31% of men couldn&amp;#039;t pinpoint one factor that made them fall in love -- they just had to have you, flaws and all. &amp;quot;I can&amp;#039;t say why I married my wife,&amp;quot; says Tao, 28. &amp;quot;Maybe it was her charm, her smile or, honestly, the fact that she rubs my feet at night.&amp;quot; Another answered &amp;quot;personality.&amp;quot;   A few men did get more specific:  7% fell for their wife&amp;#039;s beauty, 4% said her intelligence, and just 3% were slayed by her sense of humor. Women, on the other hand, are suckers for a good laugh: 12% fell for their guy&amp;#039;s sense of humor. Only 3% said his looks sealed the deal.   2. Marriage is...pretty much what they bargained for. 46% of men weren&amp;#039;t surprised by what saying &amp;quot;I do&amp;quot; did to their lives. In-laws, babies, married sex -- they were ready for it all. And another 23% said marriage is more rewarding than they expected. But 31% said it&amp;#039;s more challenging.   What are the challenges? &amp;quot;Thinking in terms of two,&amp;quot; says Ben, 30. &amp;quot;If I&amp;#039;ve had a bad day and just want to stare at the TV all night eating Doritos, I have to think about how that affects my wife.&amp;quot; Ben&amp;#039;s not alone: 39% of men struggle with being better husbands and communicators.   The good news: Don&amp;#039;t believe the hype: Only 6% of guys said monogamy was their major marriage challenge. 3. They want to be with you forever.  90% of men say their marriages will last. Why? 18% don&amp;#039;t believe in divorce. 47% said their wives were made for them (aww...). 25% can&amp;#039;t be sure it&amp;#039;s forever, but they hope so. As for the minority who said no to forever, 9% said it&amp;#039;s because their marriages aren&amp;#039;t working; only 1% just plain don&amp;#039;t believe marriage is meant to last.   4. Money is the biggest source of marital conflict.  Men (28%) and women (36%) agree: How you spend, save, invest and earn the green stuff is by far the biggest sore spot in your unions. But money isn&amp;#039;t everything. 23% of men said the issue they fight about most with their wife is the amount of time they make for her and the kids. 15% fight most about sex. 13% cited housework. 13% said &amp;quot;other&amp;quot; -- everything from exes to in-laws, from lack of communication to even (yikes) &amp;quot;her weight.&amp;quot;   5. They&amp;#039;re faithful. 84% of respondents have never cheated on their wives (that&amp;#039;s 74% &amp;quot;no&amp;quot; and 10%, ahem, &amp;quot;almost&amp;quot;). Fully two-thirds did confess to being tempted once in a while (hey, haven&amp;#039;t you been?), but only 29% said &amp;quot;seriously tempted.&amp;quot; What stopped guys who were tempted from crossing the line? 29% couldn&amp;#039;t betray their wife and their marriage vows; 15% were afraid of getting caught and losing their family; 25% said they &amp;quot;just couldn&amp;#039;t go through with it.&amp;quot;   6. They see infidelity (yours) as a deal-breaker. 38% said their marriage would be finito if their wife cheated, even if it was a onetime thing. &amp;quot;If my wife betrayed our marriage vows,&amp;quot; says Vlad, 29, &amp;quot;she simply wouldn&amp;#039;t be the woman I fell in love with.&amp;quot; 34% didn&amp;#039;t know what would happen. 16% could move past a onetime dalliance, but not a full-on affair. 7. They love married sex. 27% said it&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;still good and fun,&amp;quot; 25% said it&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;warm, loving and comforting,&amp;quot; and 17% called it &amp;quot;passionate.&amp;quot; (Okay, 27% said it&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;sometimes, honestly, a chore.&amp;quot; We have no idea what they could be talking about!) Hey, at least they&amp;#039;re having sex: 12% said they have it four or more times a week; 32% said two or three times a week; 23% said once a week; 8% said once or twice a month. Only 4% said they haven&amp;#039;t had sex in over a year.   8. Marriage changes them -- mostly for the better. 63% say they&amp;#039;re happier. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m all-around happier and more secure knowing that someone has agreed to go through all of life&amp;#039;s ups and downs with me,&amp;quot; says Derek, 41. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve got my backup.&amp;quot; 39% say they&amp;#039;re healthier. 23% are more fun-loving. 42% are more confident. 42% are more successful. 39% are richer. 12% are slimmer. (But 39% are heavier -- compared with 53% of women!)  9. Sure, giving up the single life has its drawbacks.  32% of men miss their independence most. 32% miss the lack of responsibility. 23% miss the freedom to be attracted (and attractive) to more than one woman. 14% miss not knowing what the future held -- and dreaming up different possibilities.   10. But they&amp;#039;d marry you all over again.  The bottom line: 77% of men said they couldn&amp;#039;t find a better match than the one they&amp;#039;ve got. &amp;quot;I would marry my wife in every different time zone if she wanted me to,&amp;quot; says Larry, 38. &amp;quot;Despite all our hardships, we get closer every day.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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