.... WELL...
Would you turn into a gay and stick around? Or would you turn into a straight and stick around?
That's sort of where I started with my thoughts, too; that I loved him already. And, like you said, that, indeed, is of prime importance.
But, possibly because I've not been blessed to ever have been in a long term love significant other relationship as of yet, I also know where my very strong physical attraction desires are, and they're not female at all. And physical attraction is also, to me, of primary importance in a relationship, an issue to indeed deal with in a significant other relationship.
But I definitely hear you. No flack from me.
:)