> Marrying and divorcing based on love alone, with nothing else at stake doesn’t look to me like a bad thing. This is just the difference of opinion OP is maki

> Marrying and divorcing based on love alone, with nothing else at stake doesn’t look to me like a bad thing. This is just the difference of opinion OP is making; they see marriage as having the functional purpose of dedicating one's life to the other person, sharing responsibilities and goals with them (and taxes), ie. the development of platonic love; this is required if the couple doesn't want to divorce when/if that eros / romantic love dies out. In reality, nobody likes going through a divorce, so if they do marry without being ready to commit to shared goals like this, they're hoping that eros love never dies out, which I bet doesn't happen often.