Question: I, want to know if I have had a relatively lengthy romantic relationship with a man where there was no actual sex, but expressions of serious regard, love even, and it became something I would miss if it were somehow in the course of events in my life to be absent, including what I consider fairly advanced - level ideas such as not having anything to drink at an event to remind the "partner" what was really desired instead of the drink and anything that could be thought of to obtain this "drink", expressed in public, and then something happened like they moved or too much time passed and the actual sex was not obtained or experienced; how much of a problem is that and can that be dealt with "normally" with a different (actual) partner? This brings up thoughts about adult content material, but this was a specific, personal situation I am asking about.Thanks. If you want to comment, there are famous and not - so - famous adult content providers in magazines, etc. who are phony people in real life and they have to be quite "low" in my opinion, how does this affect this issue?

Thank you! And now with this, you are saying: if physically with the present and mentally w/ the past there can be problems...are these serious and how would they be dealt with? I assume on one's own...and as well if you are the one thinking of leaving is it your experiences are over re: romance with that partner? If they are forced to leave you, say someone lied to them and you had no control over it, or they had extra pressure from some source where it ended say, abnormally, not normally, it was taken more, from you, should you be able to let go or is that a problem? Finally from the way I asked, can you tell it was the man moving on? This would help me with my perspective. What should you do if you are exposed to the partner's new relationship, they stayed with you until the other person decided to accept them in a way that you were aware of it?
Also I can ask this as a different question, but if you can answer this: how much should you put in to a relationship in that way where there is no formal committment? Do you recommend going in wholeheartedly until you learn or make a decision or stay somewhat reserved, until things break or form around you with others so you know the next step? Thanks!