Marriage

1. A government contract, currently between a man and a woman, which creates a legal entity with legal rights bestowed upon it, as well as a government recognized tax status. 2. A contract that cannot be entered into legally without a government authorized license - See also Driver, Dog, Business, Liquor, Concealed Weapon, To Kill, etc. 3. A recognized legal status that may help a person become a citizen, assuming they can correctly tell an agent of the government what their wife wears to bed and if she hogs the covers or not. 4. The leading cause of divorce. (a precursor to divorce)(the first step to acquiring a divorce) 5. The result of Marrying. 6. Something begun with a license and a ceremony, and generally disolved with lawyers and judge, or by death. 7. A romantic notion of never-ending love. See also Fairy Tale 8. A ceremony that will have every detail planned, and way too much money spent, that will then transition into a possibly lifelong period that is given less advanced thought and/or financial planning.