NOTE: Married and separated DOES NOT MEAN married but separated. It simply means you are married, but when you're away from spouse, you don't bother anybody.
The next step after Whippedman Syndrome, it's symptons include all that are outlined in Whippedman Syndrome, however the usual and fairly consistant electronic communications from the affected male turn into only one communication a year; christmas cards. This is occasionally and sparatically follwed by postal communications regarding births, baptisms, graduations, 21st's and finally weddings, thus continuing the cycle for the next generation.
Me: "Man, Sharky's case of Married Man Syndrome has cleared up since Casey dumped his arse, but im not going to hang out with him, the douche hasn't spoken to me in 5 years."
Ryan: "lololol"
Married to the sea means you are to busy to get married. The origin of the phrase came from the tendency of seafaring men to stay unmarried because of their commitment to their ship, which kept them at sea for long periods of time where women were scarce. The phrase is also used today to describe the habitually single who are unlikely, or unwilling to wed.