Not necessary but extremley recommended
Most religious belief allow the physical but not physical relationships before marriage.
No I don't
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Almost 10 years.
You should have a good relationship with the person before marrying them. If you don't you're likely to get divorced.
a couple relationship is a marriage
No, not necessarily. It is about whatever works for any individual relationship. If however, the wife wants a sexual relationship but the husband no longer does then maybe some marriage counselling is called for.
"Marital" pertains to "marriage", and being married to someone.
Many, many negative consequences. Your relationship is supposed to be emotional before marriage and phyical after marriage. It's one of the rewards of marriage. The Bible forbids premarital sex.
Loveis important in marriage, but marriage is not necessary for love.
The Iowa Code provides the following regarding common law marriage: 701-73.25(425) Common law marriage. A common law marriage is a social relationship between a man and a woman that meets all the necessary requisites of a marriage except that it was not solemnized, performed or witnessed by an official authorized by law to perform marriages. The necessary elements of a common law marriage are: (a) a present intent of both parties freely given to become married, (b) a public declaration by the parties or a holding out to the public that they are husband and wife, (c) continuous cohabitation together as husband and wife (this means consummation of the marriage), and (d) both parties must be capable of entering into the marriage relationship. No special time limit is necessary to establish a common law marriage.
The Iowa Code provides the following regarding common law marriage: 701-73.25(425) Common law marriage. A common law marriage is a social relationship between a man and a woman that meets all the necessary requisites of a marriage except that it was not solemnized, performed or witnessed by an official authorized by law to perform marriages. The necessary elements of a common law marriage are: (a) a present intent of both parties freely given to become married, (b) a public declaration by the parties or a holding out to the public that they are husband and wife, (c) continuous cohabitation together as husband and wife (this means consummation of the marriage), and (d) both parties must be capable of entering into the marriage relationship. No special time limit is necessary to establish a common law marriage.