"But it won't mean anything! It takes more than a ceremony to make a marriage."

"You're right, it does. Tell me, mom, what did it mean when you married daddy, huh? I want to know."

"It meant we were going to start a family! Support each other! Who's going to do that? Who'll be the man in the family?"

"Firstly, there won't be a man in the family. And we support each other just fine. And we are a family, and WHEN we get married that family's going to grow."

"It's not a family; it's an embarrassment!"

"Embarrassment?" I'm an embarrassment?!" Sarah's voice was trembling with emotion now. "Tell me,...