Hmm...sex doesn't mean anything to me. I've tried to explain that to women and it does seem to confuse them. After they learn that I draw a bold line between romance and sex, they do seem to not know what to do.
LOL, I bet that would throw a lot of women off... you took away their leverage.
A guy in another thread stated pretty much the same thing:
women give sex to recieve love.
men give love to recieve sex.
I'd never heard it put that way but saw it as very accurate when dealing with a woman who is looking for a commitment/marriage/caretaker/provider... even when she loves sex too and wants it. She still sees sex as a tool/bait to get what they want, and he sees commitment as what he is trading for a steady supply of sex, even if he wants to give that commitment. Unconsciously or not, it's a deal/trade.
I know, always exceptions...
Looking back... both my marriages and every bf/gf relationship has been like that. The last one my eyes were pretty open and it was a conscious decision to make that bargain. I knew the score and was willing to DRASTICALLY change my life to be with her, I was that crazy about her. But... I guess I wasn't making those changes fast enough and she added hen pecking to her motivational tool kit.... and that was the end for me...
So.... ladies looking for commitment.... don't swing a stick while dangking the carrot... stick to the original deal.