There is no such thing as unconditional love among adults. Dogs love you unconditionally just as much as they would if they had another owner. They love everyone, without condition; they don’t love you for who you are or the things you do. Humans love others for who they are. This is easily proven by observing dating life: single people will maintain their appearance and try to look nice because those are the conditions of their date to at least like them. Why should this change after marriage? Spouses love their spouse (who they are and what they do) not because they will inherently love unconditionally. People who believe they are unconditionally loved do not maintain or improve themselves because they know their spouse won’t leave someone they unconditionally love! This belief is selfish and harbors degradation of self and relationship.
See Dennis Prager – Men’s Sexual Nature for more on the subject.
