: No matter how busy work got, Friday nights were "us time"—no phones, no outside guests.

To one partner, monogamy might mean "no physical intimacy with others, but dancing with strangers at a club is fine." To the other, it might mean "no emotional intimacy with others, and absolutely no dancing with strangers."

Once upon a time, there were two people named who decided that after years of dating, they wanted to build a "forever" kind of home together. They realized that while love was the foundation, they needed a blueprint to make sure the walls didn't crumble during a storm.

Monogamy doesn't mean you stop interacting with the human race.