I married one of the most boring men you’ll ever meet and I’m GLAD – he’s nerdy on paper, but exciting & generous in bed
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MUM-of-three and PR boss Sally Brockway, 59, reckons she’s the polar opposite to husband Gavin, 63, an IT consultant. But the couple, from Surrey, believe that’s why their marriage works. MY husband Gavin is one of the most boring men you’ll meet, and we’re very different in outlook – but that’s the way I like it.
![[Sally Brockway reckons she’s the polar opposite to husband Gavin, an IT consultant]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/568150-sun-sun-features-fab-961125245.jpg?strip=all&w=673)
I like to get out there, he will stay indoors. He’s an introvert I’m an extrovert. I’m impulsive, he’s a thoughtful procrastinator. I’m loud and he speaks quietly. I swear and he doesn’t. I lose my temper, he rarely does. But all of this is why we work and I can’t ever see us splitting up.
![[Sally said: 'Gavin is one of the most boring men you’ll meet, and we’re very different in outlook']](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/568150-sun-sun-features-fab-961125093.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Today is Divorce Day, as lawyers see a spike in the number of couples calling time on marriage after a hectic festive season. There are wives who think “New Year, new start” or enforced time together has made them realise how much they hate their husbands.
![[Sally said: 'I do ballet and tap as well as salsa. I’m out at dance classes five days a week. It gives me energy']](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/NINTCHDBPICT000961290526.jpg?strip=all&w=720)
For others, the financial pressures prove to be the final straw. Gavin spends hardly any money on himself, he’s not interested. I’m quite materialistic, but he’s the least materialistic person I’ve met. Forty-two per cent of marriages end in divorce and maybe, if I’d married the sort of man I used to date, that could have been me.
![[Sally added: 'Forty-two per cent of marriages end in divorce and maybe, if I’d married the sort of man I used to date, that could have been me']](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/164be1d0-cad3-4f18-979e-f2b61d936930.jpg?strip=all&w=240)
In the early stages of a relation-ship the excitement is fantastic, but will it still work in ten, 20 years when you’re juggling children, bills, ageing parents or whatever?. It’s then that you want someone solid and reliable — not surprises. After 20 years of marriage, we’re still happy.
![[Sally says: 'Gavin may be a nerdy, boring type on paper, but in the bedroom he is a generous, exciting lover']](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/568150-sun-sun-features-fab-961125196.jpg?strip=all&w=640)
