True Love After 40

Wouldn't it be fantastic if "all you need is love" were really true?  It's a great concept and it is lovely to believe in, but can it be true?

When it comes to relationships, love is definitely a bond we hold dear, especially in our Western culture.  But wait! For many thousands of years, people have married and created families without love.  Some met their future spouse on the day they were wed.  Perhaps affection and eventually love became a part of the couple's attitude toward each other.  Yet, they stayed together with or without love.

Now, we insist that we must have love.  I wonder about this, especially in the divorce-prone society we live in.  I wonder if the "love" we think we must have is a fairy tale version of the love that bound people together for thousands of years in the past.

Perhaps our ancestors knew something that we didn't.  Maybe a sense of responsibility and loyalty were more important than love.  

I'd "love" to know what you think about this!