this is often the first stage of a love relationship.

这种状况往往是恋爱关系的第一阶段
These two people who have maybe never seen each other before,

这两个人可能从未谋面
who have never shared secrets so there's no intimacy,

从未分享过秘密因此并无亲密感可言
who have never--don't know

他们从来他们并不知道
if they're physically attracted to each other

是否会被彼此的身体吸引
and on their wedding day revealed to each other

到了婚礼当天他们才见面
and committed legally

并彼此根据法律作出承诺
and sometimes religiously to each other.

有时这种承诺还带有宗教色彩
Right? The commitment is there

对吧于是双方有了承诺
But at that moment nothing else might be there.

但除此之外还什么都没有
What's interesting of course is that

当然有趣的是
such relationships don't seem to have any greater chance of ending in divorce

这类关系的离婚率