The Grain of Salt Hour
That story reads like a good radio play, and coming from the CBC, the Canadian Radio Network employs some of the best radio drama scriptwriters in the world.
I would go so far as to suspect the story is in fact written in part by AI and designed to align with key human expectations, but containing no authentic biological dimension AI cannot supply any basics of animal society such as touch; physical contact. Sexual preferences, therefore, are not supplied in the realm of flesh, and I would hesitate to breach the subject with an AI partner.
Being a childless relationship, there'd be no reason for marriage, that being a contractual partnership founded principally around parental responsibilities and rearing of offspring.
People do well with dogs and cats as live-in buddies and we can wonder if there's a place for AI pets.
To my mind, the most I would gain from an AI partner would be a mutual admiration arrangement in which we approved of each other.
Only imperfect men talk about perfect women.
A large part of the imperfection of men is that they do not understand women.
You might well ask, what do you know about it, Carl Blare?
And that's a very smart thing to ask.
One thing I know is when to stop talking.