Danged, I didn't know I was barking up the right tree. I am an elderly straight man who had a couple of the loves of my life.
BTW, in Colorado, we have same sex marriages. While I didn't not support the full marriage, I did support Contract Union. Since the extremists wouldn't budge on it (none or death) they made the Same Sex Marriage easy to accept as a law. I have seen, first hand, the pain and suffering when one partner is very, very sick and his or her family won't allow the mate to even see them. And then they force themselves on the property after the passing. Vultures.