Actually, ShlomoZalman is correct.
A man acquires a wife. My marriage CONTRACT. It is a business transaction. This was often done to consolidate wealth and maintain power. But ultimately, the man owns the woman in some way.
We do have romantic notions in the Torah though.
Anyway, I’m glad things don’t have to be done as they have in the past (there were no goats and camels in my dowry!). I dated my husband for 1.5 years.