Interestingly enough, where marriage is concerned, love has very little to do with it. It seems that throughout most of the history of Western Civilization love was a flimsy excuse for marriage. Marriage was a matter of survival, power and money. In our modern world, despite our protestations – marriage is still about survival, power, money and we’ve added a fourth ingredient – love. We demand passion in our marriage whereas during the Victorian age, our passion was found in our friendships and affairs, not our marriages. Interestingly enough – despite lacking ‘love’ – marriages not based on love were … Continue reading →