I shall endeavor to answer as succinctly as I can, but know that some situations are deeply personal.
1) Until quite recently, yes. 2) Yes. It unites families politically and financially, depending on station. 3) A complicated question, but succinctly, no. Marriage is more for the legitimacy of heirs than any representation of love, which should have no goal. It simply is, as a strength and a balm. A port in a storm, if you will. 4) Peace. 5) Idealistic, perhaps, but "home" is the resting place of your heart, where it might lay down its burdens for at time.
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1) Until quite recently, yes.
2) Yes. It unites families politically and financially, depending on station.
3) A complicated question, but succinctly, no. Marriage is more for the legitimacy of heirs than any representation of love, which should have no goal. It simply is, as a strength and a balm. A port in a storm, if you will.
4) Peace.
5) Idealistic, perhaps, but "home" is the resting place of your heart, where it might lay down its burdens for at time.