The Irony within Marriage Present day and Past

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Back in the early 17th c.e, merely everyone married for money. Back then, as throughout human history, marriage was primarily a financial arrangement, more about the merging of property and assets than hearts and souls. If you were lucky, you eventually fell in love with the person you married, but it was by no means a guarantee. Couples stayed together because of the stigma of divorce, of course, but also because they learned to live happily together (i think) within these lowered expectations.



Ironic but true: It’s only when people started marrying for ‘love’, and not money that connubial miseries intensified and divorce skyrocketed.