Affection, the forgotten emotion between love and lust

We all live in a world that reduces everything between a man and a woman to sex. The man should always be deemed to chase this goal, a woman to also crave this, but take the man on a long detour. As for love, well how long does that last, and how happy are people when they experience it ?  No , affection lands inbetween and will out last time almost, and any stupid things the other person does. It is simply the forgotten emotion, often confused with lesser, more questionable emotions.