As a friend of mine put it:
Calling someone your "girlfriend" is for the two of you.
Getting engaged is a declaration of the coupling for the family and friends.
Marriage is a declaration before society and before God.
Of course, he used this to justify cheating on his girlfriend, so this "nice thought" certainly came from a jaded origin. [img]graemlins/heee.gif[/img]
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