The [simple past tense](http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/married) has various uses; here are two:

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> **First Use:** Simple past is used to show a completed action in the past and we know the time that the action completed.
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> *I saw a movie yesterday.*
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> **Second Use:** But the Simple Past can also be used to describe past facts or generalizations which are no longer true.
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> So, when we say "*He didn't like tomatoes before.*", we imply that
>  "*Now he likes tomatoes*"
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[mar‧ried](http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/married) /ˈmærid/ (adjective): *having a husband or a wife*

See this sentence "*I was married two years ago*"

Now, if we apply the First Use to that sentence, it means "*I had a wife 
two years ago*". But the First Use does not say that is no longer true. So,
it could be I still have the same wife now.

But, in reality, people often say "*I have been married for two years*" 
instead of "*I was married two years ago*"

If we apply the Second Use, it means that I do *not* have a wife now.

I am having some feeling that the First Use does not apply to State verbs 
such as *be*, *see*, *hear*, *want*, and *need*. In other words, State
verbs only have the Second Use and not the First.

So, "*I wanted an apple yesterday*" means "*I don't want an apple now*
But maybe I am mistaken.

So, could "I was married two years ago" have many different meanings?