RELATED: Love Grows Out of Marriage, Not Marriage Out of Love Is it any surprise that some couple opt to live together without being married and those who are legally married either stick in dead marriages or just ‘separate’ (move out to live separately) without being divorced? That separation or divorce isn’t an option in the traditional African worldview seems to be the basis upon which individuals and institutions such as law courts not only define ‘marriage’ but also make choices and decisions concerning this almost sacred and permanent union.