Time - In the U.S., divorce rates have increased, while marriage rates have declined. Still, so many Americans are drawn to the romantic notions of a loving marriage. In a 2019 Pew Research Center survey, love was the top reason for both marriage (90%) and moving in together (73%) in the U.S.. If so many people are using love as their top criteria for partnering and marrying, but marriage, itself, has been on the decline, it behooves us to wonder if it’s truly the glue that binds indefinitely.
In fact, love-based partnership is a fairly new concept.
Brought on by The Romantic Period of the late 18th and early 19th
centuries, there was a societal shift in the Western world from marriage
being an institution that united families for resource-sharing,
wealth-building, and security to one that supported the pursuit of
individual happiness in the form of a love match.. More
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