I believe in love. With all my being.

I just don't believe it has anything to do with middle class heterosexual romantic notions of "true" love. Or soul mates (I believe we have many of both sexes, and they come in many guises). And especially, love has nothing to do with marriage.

However, marriage has a lot to do with middle class values related to sexual respectability. It does so by putting term limits and expiration dates and such on sex between consenting adults.

You can get all the love you need without obsessing or possessing another human being. Or even owning one to do your housework...