However, I think that marriage is just a contract that tells others who you belong to. Marriage now no longer defines love. People all over the world marry people for different reasons. One time when my mother tells me how a friend of hers is too picky with men, so she's old and still single. I was really shocked by how she thinks, because what she is saying is that her friend should just settle down with a guy so that he can take care of her when she is old and won't die alone. If so, there is no real love in this relationship, she is just looking for a free nurse to take care of her. Jodi Picoult once said, “Love is not an equation, it is not a contract and it is not a happy ending.” I agreed with her because love is not something you can just understand and tell the other person, so he or she can give you exactly what you need. Love between two people should be the care and affection they have for each other. It's not something you signed up for and expect the best from it. I found it funny when people make their wedding vows at their wedding, saying all the "yes" to every commitment that they will eventually break up and divorce two years later. If a couple really loves each other, they don't have to take any oath, because they should know that loving, caring and taking care of their other half is what they should do, not because the wedding guest said