[Is that what she's worried about? For a moment, Gai almost wants to let out a little laugh at what seems to him to be such a... well, an innocent thing to be worrying about. Innocent, yet understandable, and that's why he doesn't laugh or smile or anything of the sort.]
Not if you don't want it to be. Marriage is whatever you make of it. Some people want it to be serious, some don't. And it doesn't mean that anything has to change between us unless you want it to.
[He strokes his thumb lightly over her cheek.]
The laws and money are just formalities that have to be dealt with-- at its heart, it's still about making a commitment to the person you love and making it official. Things haven't changed that much between our times.
[Mentally he makes a note to have A Talk with Jack and Eugene about giving Elizabeth a rather depressing view of marriage in general. Okay, so they may have been trying to dissuade her from leaping into things, but still. Did they really have to bring all of the legal nonsense into it?]
For me, it's proof that I want to spend the rest of my life with you.
September 26th - The Marathon
Not if you don't want it to be. Marriage is whatever you make of it. Some people want it to be serious, some don't. And it doesn't mean that anything has to change between us unless you want it to.
[He strokes his thumb lightly over her cheek.]
The laws and money are just formalities that have to be dealt with-- at its heart, it's still about making a commitment to the person you love and making it official. Things haven't changed that much between our times.
[Mentally he makes a note to have A Talk with Jack and Eugene about giving Elizabeth a rather depressing view of marriage in general. Okay, so they may have been trying to dissuade her from leaping into things, but still. Did they really have to bring all of the legal nonsense into it?]
For me, it's proof that I want to spend the rest of my life with you.