But gratifications are different. Gratifications ask more of us; they challenge us and make us extend ourselves. Gratifications often come from accomplishing something, learning something, or improving something.
So doing anything that is "more than this" bull over getting laid because the "more than this" bull has a bigger picture and a lot of gratitude attached to it (righting wronfs, making myself proud) whereas sex just makes a part of you feel good for a short time.
this is all a thought experiment of course, as I have no chances at sex nearly all of the time.
