I had thought similar for some years / decades.. the past few years my views on older people having sex / not / alot etc have changed quite a bit.
Certainly there are some old couples that stay together without good sex for different reasons, religios beliefs and such...
But if you are an intimate couple - that includes sex. If you are not having sex you are just roomates / friends - and there is nothing wrong with that.
I know a few different people in thier 70's right now having really great sex because they have found new partners, and because it's great they are having a lot of it.
So it could be less important if both people's only goals are stability or other goals - however we are seeing from reports in retirement communities and nursing homes that whether it is the loss of partner through death or divorce or just ageing single into a new community of options - that people are indeed searching for sexual compatibility as they age - often times with many more partners later in life than mid-life.
The most parameters are: who you are as a person and all that comes with that.
Saying that this matters less when that, or you'll loose interest in sex as you grow older simply won't fit for a lot of people. But for a lot maybe it will.
But since all of this is such a inherently personal thing, its opinion around the world will be as divided as our own butts.
Certainly there are some old couples that stay together without good sex for different reasons, religios beliefs and such...
But if you are an intimate couple - that includes sex. If you are not having sex you are just roomates / friends - and there is nothing wrong with that.
I know a few different people in thier 70's right now having really great sex because they have found new partners, and because it's great they are having a lot of it.
So it could be less important if both people's only goals are stability or other goals - however we are seeing from reports in retirement communities and nursing homes that whether it is the loss of partner through death or divorce or just ageing single into a new community of options - that people are indeed searching for sexual compatibility as they age - often times with many more partners later in life than mid-life.