Ferris Bueller
Well-Known Member
'Getting married' is making a lifelong commitment to a person. Even in your example, just having sex is not considered a marital commitment. In your country, living together 2 years or more is the marital commitment they will recognize, not the fact that they had sex. If they did, they would recognize every one night stand as a legal marriage. So you can see commitment is the determining factor in marriage, not sex. In the United States we make that commitment in a formal religious or legal ceremony. Until that happens we have no reason to conclude that a couple having sex is in a marital relationship, unless they demonstrate they are by being together, faithfully, for a lengthy period of time. Then the civil authorities will recognize it as a legal marriage.Well I think it clearly does...In my counrty, if you've lived together for 2 years or more, [in a defacto relationship] you have the same legal rights as a married person if you separated. If I lived with a male friend and did not have a sexual relationship....I would not have the same legal rights. JM2C. I'm sure the law is similar over there
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