There are movies, books, songs, poems, and even a holiday dedicated to love. However, the concept of love that seems to be highly glorified by our own society is also heavily constrained by expectations that arise from ignorance or beliefs. These restrictions are mirrored in the restriction that marriage appears to face due to the strongly held idea that marriage is the overriding outcome of love. However, as many authors such as Meghan O'Rourke point out, the marriage appears to have aged and may need to be renewed or replaced in some way. (O'Rourke, 2013) Some of the suggestions raised in O'Rourke's review, "The Marriage Trap", seem a bit radical, but these suggestions should not be ignored. While a new standard would be difficult to fully implement, the concept of a more liberal form of marriage that removed restrictions from its infrastructure would provide a less oppressive environment in the world that would allow love to flourish more openly. The failures of love as a whole are strongly linked to the failures of marriage in our society, and we should be more honest about these failures because it would reveal the disconnect that love and marriage have always had with each other and could enable changes that would enable society to remove the roots of misogyny and discrimination while allowing for true love