Between the years 2008 and 2012 it has been shown that eighty percent of people married on the basis of love alone so this show's in the world today people do still marry for love. On the other side of this it shows that thirty percent of people marry somebody who they do not love but because it is a sensible decision. In my opinion this is not a good idea because you're going to be with this person for a large part of your life (hopefully).
Yes, romantic love is the one that you read about in storybooks with the fairy tale endings but in my opinion that form of love is important, some people will disagree completely and say that this is not a firm basis for a relationship and its not a strong foundation for a relationship but if you don't love them then whats the point of the relationship in the first place? "Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage" Lao Tuz. I strongly agree with this quote as when a relationship has love it can come through everything.
Nowadays divorce has become more frequent and i feel this is because people are marrying for the wrong reasons, if you romantically love someone and those feeling are true you both should be able to work through these issues. From what I have said above these are the reasons I believe that romantic love is a good basis for a marriage.
A.Cooney.