Marriage and romance - incompatible?

Today we believe that romantic love should be the foundation on the basis of which two people lay down the blue prints of a lifetime of togetherness. All else will or should fall in place. Our ancestors did not have it this simple. While marriage has existed as a central element of life in nearly every global culture in recorded history, in none of them, till at least very recently, have we married for love, especially romantic love. For thousands of years marriage had done well, not because of love but despite it. Love has always been considered a weak and a poor reason for marriage.

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