Re: fascinating secrets taken to the graves
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Re: fascinating secrets taken to the graves
But isn't nikah also a contract and all husbands- wives have a contractual relationship. I mean explain this non-Desi term to a desi.
Common-law-wife is actually a normally mis-used term, used as a polite legal term for cohabiting girlfriend.
Strictly speaking, it requires a contract to be classed as such. However, in practice, the term is usually used to refer to a long-term cohabiting girlfriend.
It sounds more respectful on government documents such as tax returns for someone describing their domestic status as "Common-law marriage" than "Living in Sin".