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This week the world got some good advice on how to live a long and healthy life from -ironically enough- a rock star. The Who front man and 64-year-old rock sensation, Roger Daltrey is still setting the stage on fire while rockers a third his age are cancelling show dates due to “exhaustion.” And he says it’s all about the fun.

Daltrey’s youthful demeanor is due to “lots of walking and even more shagging.” Go ahead and take a look at him. Okay, I got distracted by an Ann Margret photo when they were in Tommy, but if you ever do catch a glimpse of the man now, he does look amazing. So sex is the key to youth. Who is this man dating? He didn’t say in the article, so I decided to do some research. Thank God for Google.

So while I’m typing in “Roger Daltrey + groupie” in the Google search field, I’m wondering how a man well into his Viagra years can get some attention. I mean, yeah, rock star, but really…You don’t see a lot of menopausal groupies out there. Although there was this one time a few years back, I saw a teenage hottie swoon over Iggy Pop. The man looks like an animated corpse and this girl who was barely old enough to like Rob Thomas practically falls face first into his lap. It’s lamentable. But I digress.

Roger Daltrey is not having fun with groupies. He’s enjoying a great time in a 37 year long marriage with his wife, Heather! 37 years. That is a long time. Now, I believe in the fidelity of love, but a rock legend deep in 37 years of monogamy seems almost unfair to the rest of the word. Is all this personal time happening at the home gym? Well, no.

Daltrey is a rockstar, after all. He’s fathered three children with Heather and four children without her in the last 37 years. The key to staying together, he claims, is honesty and patience, his honesty and her patience. How she’s put up with me I don’t know, but that’s the way it’s succeeded. She’s an incredible woman…I never lied to her. You’re in one of the biggest rock bands in the world…and…they’re throwing sweets at you. I couldn’t seriously come home and say, ‘I’ve been a good boy’.

Can you be monogamous and still have a happy and healthy sex life? It’s a good question for people who truly want it. If you don’t, honestly explaining this to your partner may save a lot of grief in the future. Either way, variety is the spice of life. And spice is the way to the longevity. If you’re going to live like a rock star, you don’t have to keep the groupies, but keep the honesty, patience, and intimacy.

If you want to follow Daltrey’s lead and keep up the intimacy, but you rather keep it up with one person, check out how to make it new over the years. Toys, role playing, fantasy sharing. You can have as many sweets as Daltrey but stick to only one box of candies.

Justina Mathews writes about issues that affect couples and today’s woman concerning relationships and sexuality. She writes for her own blog, as well as special in depth articles that encompassing current issues related to happiness in relationships. She’s also a staff writer for butt plugs.