I agree expect I do not believe that love does not exist. If there is hate there is love. I think it has more to do with peoples perception of love. 'Falling in love' is not the end of it, there are other things that are important like trust, compatibility, personality, compromise and so on. For example, some people may claim to be in love or even be really good friend but the moment they decide they want to live together is when things falls apart because they find out that they can not share personal space, one is too overbearing, one does not want to compromise, their jobs conflict or their ideas of family roles conflict... some find out quickly that love is not enough or that love is what you make of it (which is why people say I could have loved him/her better), others find out after years. I don't believe in 'falling in love' or I don't believe in it as this uncontrollable desire, I think people chose who they love or who they want to love, there is some sort of decision and effort that goes into it and people need to keep those decisions and effort up to keep the love going.
When one says love is not enough, people think it is crazy or if its a woman shes a gold digger, but I think it is true. If you are going to marry someone or going to commit to some one for the rest of your life its not enough to just be in love. Love is what you make of it, its not a state that you are in forever you have to sort of work at it. Trust, caring, mutual understanding, financial stability, commitment,appreciation, compromise and so on have to be up to par, because I think they make love instead of being the outcome love and so they should be important. People put too much emphasis on love alone instead of looking at the whole picture and the things that keeps love going because if those thing are shaky it will affect the quality of love
You told you dad
I don't believe in marriage, I can't tell my mom she might have a heart attack and blame me for it.