Yes, we have been rumoring on this over on the Heath, Heath, Heath thread.
There have been a couple of instances where husband/wife have been used...the press release opposing a building project comes to mind. Obviously, they have had a delmarriage in private and will be having a formalizing marriage sometime in the near future.
Delmarriage you ask?
delmarriage: a marriage ceremony held between the celebrants in absence of an officiant and often witnesses. Rings are exchanged in a delmarriage and the vow made between the celebrants is deep and binding. Any sort of marriage or wedding that follows the delmarriage only serves to formalize the delmarriage; this second marriage is optional.
In the fanfic literature, examples of delmarriages are found in Chapter 116 of The Red Stallion ("Another Kind of Love"); Chapter 9 of A Love Born From Steel (the crafts fair); and Human Interest. Jack and Ennis of ALBFS had a second delmarriage 30 years after their first in Chapter 14 (Eternal Knot) of Through The Veil Of Time.
In real life, my husband and I had a delmarriage two months before our church wedding.
Leslie