Joe, I have absolutely no desire to fall out with you and accept your, albeit hedged, apology.

However Dave the Gnome has hit the nail on the head.

I, and others, took your comment to mean that my good lady and myself didn't either:

1. Love each other

2. Didn't know what love meant

3. Understand the meaning of the word

I can assure you on each of these you are utterly wrong.

My wife is my friend, my companion, my lover and my rock. I am a very lucky man to have such a wife, I know this.

I would wish it for everyone, sadly that, due to individual failings can never be.

I, AND my wife do not need any church or religion to tell us how to behave or how lucky we are to have found a lifelong companion.