"Divorce is so much more prevalent among people with less education and less money," said Julie Hanlon Rubio, a professor of Christian ethics at St. Louis University. "That's not a virtue issue; it's just easier to maintain a marriage and have a family when you have money and everything that comes with money."

The only woman who ever asked me to marry her said never even mentioned love.  She said, "My dad will give us a lot of money if we get married."   Historically, marriage is an economic bargain more than a love match.  For many it still is.