The cynics among us will argue that "love" is just another endorphin-inducing biochemical reaction. While, perhaps the biochemics of the matter may be true, it still doesn't answer the question: why do we fall in love, and how do we fall in love.
A quiet discussion i had with a friend recently led to the issue of marriage. Do we need love to marry somebody? In my mind, i think an element of love must exist for a marriage to last, but what about love at the point of marriage? Can love develop later, can you learn to love somebody (same question flipped: can you learn to un-love somebody)?
We marry for many reasons. Some for love, some for money, some for security, some out of respect for other's wishes. Sometimes, its a combination of many reasons. I don't think its correct to say that one reason is better than the other, although i'm sure we each have a notion of what the "right" reason should be.
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