Spanish pop star Enrique Iglesias is unfazed by his girlfriend Anna Kournikova's remarks that she would never marry him because he's convinced she'll leave him anyway.

The singer has been dating tennis beauty Kournikova since 2002, but he isn't holding out for marriage and kids with the Russian.

He says, "Life goes by so fast. My 20s were a blur. I want to enjoy the good moments. They could involve marriage and kids, but not yet. My grandfather had a baby when he was 92. Now there was a man who knew how to live! Anna's clock may be ticking, but I don't think she's ready for kids either. We talked about it all one day and she said that she wouldn't marry me. And she meant it. She said I'm probably just a guy she wants to date for a few years, then she'll leave me. I'm cool with that.

"Obviously I'm with her because she's my dream woman. But if she left me tomorrow, what am I going to do? She would have no trouble finding the guy she wants to marry."

And Iglesias insists he's only being realistic about their romance, because few relationships last to stand the test of time.

He continues, "People break up all the time. The reality is people get married, think it's going to be forever, then they get divorced."

But if Kournikova one day accepts his marriage proposal, he claims he'd shun a big, white wedding in favour of a quickie ceremony in Las Vegas.

He adds, "Even if Anna and I were to have children, I wouldn't think marriage was that important. And even if we did get married, I'd do it in a drive-through in Vegas. But Anna wouldn't marry someone like me, even if I try."

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