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It could have been an arranged marriage. If we remember from “The Shepherd” James (or whatever his pre prince name was), his mother came to him and was talking about the daughter of the grain merchant who had a dowry that could save their farm. Marrying for love back then was a luxury a lot of couples didn’t have. It was always hoped that a daughter would marry into a better position in life, than what she had been born into…at least for the lower classes. For the upper classes it was pretty much the same idea, but aspired for royalty. The daughters of royals were pretty much seen as bargaining tools for forging alliances with other kingdoms.
Rumple could have had a “respectable”, but loveless marriage. If his wife’s parent’s didn’t approve of the match that could have been all she needed to push her into thinking she was in love with him (trust me I’ve seen it happen in my family). After living with him for a while she may have realized he wasn’t the person she thought he was. She could have married Rumple out of some sort of rebellious spirit. We don’t know what kind of person he was like before the Ogars war that he fought in. There’s a lot of story we don’t know still to piece together a picture of what happened.