As I was watching a movie based on one of my favorite books, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, I came to a realization. I do not believe in “love.” It just came to me, out of thin air, and hit me like a car speeding at ninety miles an hour.
It probably occurred during one of my heartbreaks, or possibly both. Prior to those two incidents, I truly thought I had been in “love.” Now, I do not believe that I ever had been. I simply just do not believe in it. I am not saying others don’t as well, I just do not. It does not exist and, furthermore, cannot possibly be found in a marriage.
Just one more thing that I think nonsensical. The idea of marraige is a daft one at that. How can you vow to “love” and cherish, support and follow, and be with one person for the rest of your life? The simple answer is that you cannot. With more than half of every marriage ending in divorce, you should not even make such a daring promise.
It truly is such an awful shame of my disbelief in “love.” It is rather pathetic that I am such a cynical eighteen year old, but I simply just do not believe.
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Love is a purely chemical experience designed to form a bonded pair of animals. The decision to marry and work it out is a rational decision made by animals with the capacity for critical thinking. There are many benefits to long term pair bonding, but once the initial bath of chemicals subsides, the bonded pair is much easier to break.
http://www.progressiveu.org/blog/ediblewoman