I will probably regret this but ...

[doomage]

Okay thanks for the info, I'll let the wife know, she was the one asking me this this morning.

I'll let her know for you, a bit later on this evening.

[wim121]

Yes. It's only a problem when you marry more than one of them.

Think of it as contracting. You can tell a number of different agents that you're interested in working for them exclusively. You can actually only do one contract though.

Until about 100 years ago marrying while engaged to another, or even breaking off an engagement, was actionable at common law as a Breach of Promise, i.e. not a crime exactly but a civil wrong (tort).

Exactly what i was going to say owl. Bigamy is a crime. Engagements are a contract/promise to the legal obligation of marriage.

Technically you could be arrested under the pretence of planning to commit the crime of Bigamy.

i would be worried if a partner ever asked me that!

[AtW]

Technically you could be arrested under the pretence of planning to commit the crime of Bigamy.

[PorkPie]

I'll let her know for you, a bit later on this evening.

You still eating the biscuits?

[wim121]

I don't see what you find funny about a solemn vow?

You can be arrested for planning/intending to commit almost any crime. Depending on the severity and public interest depends on whether the cps will prosecute.