It couldn't be a simpler answer. Marriage doesn't really mean anything to me. I feel like in many ways marriage is more for the families of the couple than for the people involved, so I don't gravitate to it.
The first 2 weeks, they didn't learn the piece - they went through the process of how the piece was made.
That's one of the things about getting older isn't it? You suddenly realise that you are what you set out to be. And there are no role models any more.