There is no waiting period in California and no blood or physical tests are required. Cousins may marry. California marriage laws do not permit for common law marriages but do allow for proxy marriages (only for armed forces members) and same sex domestic partnerships in San Francisco and Marin counties. Intimacy is more than just sex. Our psychological, spiritual, and physical makeup cries out for intimacy with one another. The reason we have this feeling is that God designed marriage to be the most intimate of all human relationships, in which we share life intellectually, socially, emotionally, spiritually, and physically. Arranged Marriage Arranged marriage sounds like something from ancient times, but believe it or not this still goes on today in many countries. An arranged marriage is just like it sounds, a marriage that was arranged by the parents; sometimes the bride and groom didn’t even know one another. An arranged marriage has a lot of history behind it and for the cultures that have this they take pride in it. Ask for support from family and friends if you need to, or make arrangements with a marriage counselor to overcome the difficulty together. Sometimes it helps to have a third party involved so that conflict can be managed effectively with another perspective. Learning how to cope with stress during marital conflict is important when you want to save your marriage. Was the marriage proposal given in a traditional manner down on one knee, looking up in the shining surprised eyes of the bride to be? Or was it given as a spur of the moment gesture after a good night out? Was it delivered with romantic words either from the man’s heart, or remembered from a love poem? Propose in a Restaurant Restaurants top the list of many marriage proposal ideas. If you think your significant other would like to be proposed to in a public place, a restaurant is a great choice. Expect many words of congratulations from restaurant staff and fellow diners. Future wedding anniversaries can be celebrated at the same restaurant, where you can reminisce about your proposal.