@cowanon @nihilvt @The_Almighty_Kek I remember a history teacher telling us one day that in earlier times, Greeks, Romans, and others thought that having a crush, falling madly in love and getting married because you were madly in love was considered a kind of madness and a kind of curse. I didn't understand that then. It just didn't compute. Wasn't that the only reason to get married.

It's only in my later years having learned more of history and human nature that lesson began to make sense. Historically most marriages were arranged to one degree or another, or at least the parents had a great deal of say over who married who. Love often came later, after time spent together, after the couple had struggled and overcame difficulties together.