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to be responsible, mature, and productive." He smiled,
"You bring the best out in me, the man out in the
boy."
"What's that have to do with all this. Thatcher?"
I asked, nodding at the papers.
"Everything. We will have a family someday,
maybe sooner than we think, and just as the family is
the foundation of society, the marriage is the core of
the family, the spine, and if it's not strong, protected,
the family is weaker. By reducing or eliminating
potential conflicts that could arise in the future, we
diminish and eliminate stress, and you know what
stress can do to people. You know better than anyone.
Willow, or as well as anyone could."
"I don't need all this preparation. I don't like
feeling like one of your clients. Thatcher," I said
sharply.
He winced and nodded.
"I'm sorry. It's just habit for me to talk this
way."
"What is it you want me to do?" I pursued.
Disappointment, like leaks in a boat, could threaten to
sink a love and relationship. I thought.
"Getting married means more than just
pledging to live together and consenting to have
sexual relations. Getting married is entering into a
serious legal relationship, Willow. It has diverse
consequences on your ownership of your money and
possessions, the way you raise your children, our
relationship to each other."
