these days we have movies and television for our entertainment. but in olden days people have baaitakhs where they would in groups and share these folk stories (after a long tiring day spending on farms).
though they are myths but the relationship between a man and woman is there since the beginning of mankind, but since contemporary issues and problems are more tangible therefore everything we see is coated with money.
If the human life is devalued to the level that we dont hesitant before killing anyone, then what status any love would stand in our lives.
we feel more secure paying our monthly bills then thinking of what our better half or fiance or anyone related to us, think about us or do they even love us any more?
however, the facts remain there that Ishq-e-bandagi takes one to its Malik-e-Haqiqi, and if you are at that level of ishq, then you dont need anything else.
so your conjecture of spending life without love is full of flaws, because whether we are in love or not, we are constantly questioning our existence, and until this question is there we are bound to love.