#horriscopes

Why did people ever start "falling in love" ? Was it because they connected on a level deeper than the physical? Maybe it was because they thought they had to be in love to have kids? Or maybe it was because they were "soul mates." Because they found "their other half." Because they have too. Because society requires them too. Money. Status. Greed. Possessions. These are all things that might influence love. Who really knows what love is anyway? It's one of those undefinable words. Meaning can only temporally be placed on it before changing. It's hard to say what love used to be. I'd like to idealize it and think of it as being more pure, but maybe that's just the plague of an over active imagination. 

As far as my own generation goes. I think we've fallen into the trap of materialistic prostitution. What I mean is that I think people "fall in love" now not because of the other person, but because of their job, their status, their money or their possessions. As cynical as it sounds...it's probably pretty true. Which is why the divorce rate has been steadily rising (according to a study reported by CBC, 4 in 10 first marriages end in divorce).