Love & Marriage

2. The blissful emotional state felt when loves fall "head over heels" in love
5. Marriage between people from different sociological or educational backgrounds
6. Property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage.
8. The payment by a groom or his family to the bride's family.
10. A mutual promise to marry.
11. A formal agreement to get married.
12. Marriage between people of different races, castes, or religions
15. The act of committing or the state of being committed
16. The enduring relationship between a man and woman, thought to be essential to human survival and the trademark of humans.
17. A marriage relationship created by agreement and cohabitation rather than by ceremony.
19. Marriage between people from similar sociological or educational backgrounds.

1. Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married. person and a person who is not his or her spouse.
3. An intimate relationship in which a male and female live together as husband and wife without legally marrying. Also called Common-law marriage
4. A marriage arranged by someone other than the couple getting wedded.
7. A period during which a couple develop a romantic relationship, esp. with a view to marriage.
9. A husband or wife, considered in relation to their partner.
11. Marriage in which the couple are equal partners in decision making
13. Young men ask a young woma out on their own for a recreational activity for courtship
14. A legal decree dissolving a marriage.
18. The practice or state of being married to one person at a time.