TRIAL MARRIAGE
noun
- A marriage that lasted fewer than five years.
- A marriage greater than five years, but that was intended as a warm-up.
Usage:
- My dress is ivory this time. I wore white at my trial marriage.
- Did you hear? Katie Holmes is ending her trial marriage to Tom Cruise.
- “Have you been married before?” “Well, yes, technically, but it was really more of a trial marriage.”
OMG! I love the phrase “trial marriage”. I absolutely hate it when people refer to their ex-spouse as “my ex”. I was trying to find a way around it. This is it! I will refer to my soon to be ex-husband as my trial husband! lol