A woman has been a victim of female circumcision and closure at a very young age by her parents. She meets a man's whose privates were damaged beyond function by a land mine while serving in the military.
They fall in love and court one another. They share affection, love, trust, honor, committment. They hold a ceremony and declare thus to their family, friends, chuch and God. They spend their entire lives together in fidelity and mutual economic, emotional and spiritual support, and even adopt and raise several children.
But they didn't ever do the nasty, so they were never married. Right.
But they didn't ever do the nasty, so they were never married.In essence, no they were not.