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.
“Iraqis have held elections and have recently put together their government, all encouraging developments.”
“Later, my father died up in Marysville. So, my mother and I got in the car and came down to Hollywood.”