So has been pragmatism and the desire to improve one's standard of living. I'm not denying that people in history have desired marriage to someone out of love

So has been pragmatism and the desire to improve one's standard of living. I'm not denying that people in history have desired marriage to someone out of love or attraction. But I am saying that the economical aspect has always played a big role, if not the decisive one. Being married myself, I know that what makes marriage work is not what you felt when you started. More important than marrying the person you love, I would say, is loving the person you married.