“I’ve never understood the myth that sex drive decreases as you get older. My sex drive is as good as it has always been. Everything still functions as it’s supposed to,” says Scott Moon, 45.

He’s more patient.

As your guy ages, his perspective changes. This gives him an entirely new type of patience.

“Most stuff doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things. So being impatient about stuff just doesn’t seem to pay off,” says Art Remnet, 53. “Patience becomes easier because you realize this.”

With this comes a powerful understanding about control -- and the lack thereof. He knows he can’t fix everything.

“One of the greatest revelations for me is that you learn that you can only really change yourself,” Remnet says. “You recognize that you are not going to be able to change the situation or people. So either you deal with it or you get it out of your life.”

Family plays a major role in this realization as well. In fact, it just might be the defining factor when it comes to all-things-patience.

“I learned patience because I got married. And then it wasn’t all about me,” says Kelvin Parker, 51. “You have to learn to take into account where everybody else is coming from and how they are seeing the world.”