"The challenge is, Sex (even if both parties consider it recreational) affects us more than we might like to admit. We get attached to those we are intimate with, and these attachments can last long after the affair has concluded. We fool ourselves when we ignore the cost of commitment, because the act of intimacy commits us, whether we desire that or not. When you pretend it doesn't, you distance yourself from your true self, and that has myriad consequences..."

Excellent insight.