It can, to be honest. If you haven't money to buy your loved one certain things, how else would she know that you love him/her. This only applies to certain materialistic people though, but I still hope you see the point.
Yeah sure, a long-distance online relationship would be PERFECT for my lonley nights at sea...oops...I shouldn't have said that.
Just joking....or am I?? ;)
"if you're a balding middle aged, middle class fat white man who wears sandals."
you described differently
1) middle aged - true
2) soft rock - true
3) balding middle aged, middle class fat white man who wears sandals - wtf??