marriage joys

marriage joys
   copulation
   But what of shared children, companionship, warmed slippers, and cooked meals? Also as the marriage act, which is not nuptials:
    The sweet silent hours of marriage joys. (Shakespeare, Richard III)
    Heterosexuality and 'the marriage act' were keenly promoted. (French, 1995 — the promotion was by Younghusband in Wedding)

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