This thread has been an entertaining read, cover to cover. Outstanding work by all involved. To detract from the quality a bit and bring this thing back down to Earth, I have a couple of thoughts:

1. As good as this thread has been, it could benefit from participation by at least a couple more females. This thread has all it needs to appeal to men (female bashing, reassurance from other man types, prostitutes, threesomes, promiscuity contests, pornography, Clint Eastwood movie lines, invitations to a scrap... the list goes on and on.) Aunty provided a few good shots on behalf of the fair sex, but she seems to be a bit too sympathetic to the male cause to comprehensively represent the female contingent. Of course, one reason there wasn't more female input might have been that there are only a select few females I know of who are members here (even fewer of whom dare to frequent the Dark Side), but....

2. What makes relationships difficult to maintain in the long term (and sometimes the short term as well) is the set of fundamental differences between men and women (Fellahs: Do not use that line as justification for any behavior that can honestly be attributed to nothing more than your being male - unless you do want to fight). The one thing we all have in common is that just about everything we do in our lives is centered around sexuality. Men are driven by their innate desire to spread their genes as far and wide as possible, while women are constantly seeking the ideal genes to seed their progeny. As honorable as it is for a couple to keep a marriage intact until death do them part, the work required goes completely against our nature. The reason adultery is so prevalent in human societies is that it is more natural than monogamy.

3. You gotta love Clint. All the lines referenced here are great ones. One that is perhaps a bit more obscure and I really like is the line from The Eiger Sanction where he takes a good-natured stab at his nemesis. I can't recall the whole line, but it starts (paraphrasing) like this:
Pope, you're an a$$hole. Now you can't help that, but....
Perhaps someone else recalls that line and can finish it for me. All I know is that it puts me on the floor every time I hear it.