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Did you get the mail?

We can get it for you.

I know how much you guys like the mail, so I saved it for you.

Here it is.

There's lots of it.

Let's see. Junk mail, junk mail, junk mail.

Will you put this in the recycling bin in the garage?

Okay.

Oh, and there's this.

Thank you.

Hey, guys.

How was school?

School was good.

It's always good. That's not as good as home.

I'm sorry. If I'd known I'd be finished this early, I would have picked him up

for you.

Is that... An invitation to disaster?

Heaven, heaven, when I see their happy faces smiling back at

me.

Heaven, heaven, I know there's no greater feeling than the love of

family.

Where can you go when the world don't treat

you right? The answer is home.

7 -7 7

-7 7 -7

It's becoming all too real.

It'll be fine, Annie.

No, it won't.

We found something in the other mail. The junk mail.

Is this anything?

Oh, oh.

Yes, it is. It's the invitation to Matt and Sarah's graduation.

Well, there's some good news. Our son and his wife both graduating from

school. Yes, it is good news.

Oh, I'm so proud of him, both of them.

Hello.

Mom, did you get the mail?

Yeah, I did.

Good news and bad news.

Yeah, I forgot all about Matt graduating and Sarah.

Oh, yeah, me too.

But we all should go. I mean, it's going to be a really big day for them, for

all of us.

Uh, did you notice the date?

Yeah, May 13th.

Yeah, May 13th.

Does that sound familiar?

Oh, no.

It's May 13th. Well, Simon and Rose are just going to have to change their

wedding date. I mean, they can't get married on the same day that Matt is

graduating. They can't get married on the same day that Matt is graduating.

Oh, bye, Luce.

Look, look, look, look, look! May 13th!

Happy day.

Oh, happy day. When Jesus washed.

When Jesus washed.

All my sins away.

All my sins away. All my sins away. Oh, happy day. Oh, happy day.

Oh, thank you, God.

Thank you.

I really want to go to Matt's graduation.

I thought we could go to New York and then go up to Buffalo to see my mom and

Frank. Kind of make a vacation out of it. We can't go to Matt's graduation.

Simon's wedding's on the same day.

Yeah, but you don't want to go to that, do you? You are such a guy sometimes.

My dad is marrying Simon and Rose. I'm in the wedding.

Oh, well, we could split up. You could go to the wedding and I can go to the

graduation. Aren't you in the wedding?

Am I?

Yes, you are. What are you thinking?

I'm thinking that no one really wants to go to this wedding, so why should I

have to when I really want to go to Matt's graduation?

Well, so do I, but we can't.

Are you sure?

Yes, I'm sure.

Can't Simon and Rose just change the date of their wedding?

The invitations have already gone out. I don't think so. And you know Rose is

not going to change the date of her wedding just because we want them to.

Well, I'm not going to do that.

You have to.

No, Sarah, I don't have to. But Matt and I can't change the date of our

graduation. I realize that, but come on. It's a graduation.

People graduate every day.

Not from medical school.

Matt and I are graduating from medical school, and we really want our families

to be there.

Well, I'm sorry.

Come on.

Change the date.

Can't. Yeah, you can. You call people right away, tell them that you didn't

that there was a conflict, and then you get married a week later. It's not like

you can't get to church a week later. We can't get the restaurant a week later.

My parents can't fly in from Europe a week later. We're on our honeymoon a

later. I'm sorry, but the date was set months ago.

Our date was set years ago.

Look, Sarah, we've never met, and I'm sure you're a lovely person, but I think

it's kind of rude of you to try to force me to change my wedding date so people

can travel 3 ,000 miles just to see you get some piece of paper that says you're

a doctor.

I mean, not that congratulations aren't in order. Congratulations, but I'm not

changing our wedding date.

Me? I was supposed to make the call. Why was I supposed to make the call? I

didn't pick the date. You agreed to the date. I didn't know it was the same day

my brother was graduating from med school.

And neither did I.

And you know why I didn't? Because no one told me. Your father knows the date

we're getting married. Your mother knows. Your sister Lucy knows. They've

for months.

Okay, but nobody thought about the two things being on the same day. Maybe we

should have.

You should have.

How would I know that your brother and his wife are graduating from medical

school on our wedding day? Well, maybe we're getting married on their

day.

Can't we just get married the weekend before?

Or the weekend after?

I don't know if I would if I could, but I can't. My parents have arranged their

work and their travel plans around our big day, and so have all our friends.

And frankly, so have we.

You did book the cruise, right?

Right.

But what about moving the wedding back a week?

Then we spend a week here, and then we go on our cruise.

We can't back up a week. We're in school that week. We have finals.

I'm not getting married in the middle of finals.

Not good.

You're making too big a deal out of this.

I doubt anyone wanted to go to a stupid medical school graduation anyway.

I think you may be wrong about that.

I hope you're not going to use this as a way of getting out of the wedding.

Why would you think I'm trying to get out of our wedding? Are you? No, I'm

Are you? No, I'm not.

with the location that I liked for the teen mother's home, just so I know? Oh,

nothing. But this property is also zoned for business.

A home is a business?

I was thinking that the first floor could be a business, yes. You know, a

where the girls could work.

Some sort of maybe maternity children's resale shop, something like that. And

the downtown area is really great in terms of getting to doctors, hospitals,

social services and stuff. So when do you think they'll call?

The realtor? No, Simon and Rose.

Ah.

I don't know when they're going to call, but I don't think it'll be for the

reasons that you want them to. Your father didn't ask you to talk to me, did

Mom, I just don't think Simon and Rose are going to cancel their wedding just

because Matt's graduating on the same day.

I think the invitations have gone out, the restaurant for the reception has

booked, and people have already made their travel plans.

Your father did ask you to talk to me, didn't he?

He knows nothing about weddings.

Marriages, yes, but not weddings.

Weddings can be changed.

Graduations at universities cannot be changed.

Simon and Rose cannot get married on Matt's graduation date. They simply

It's that simple.

I don't know. Peter wants me to get into this exchange program at Edinburgh that

he got into, but I don't know if I want to go over there just to be with a guy.

Are you talking to me? Because I don't think you should sign up for something

just to be with a guy.

Is the guy Peter?

Here, this is all I could get.

But what if... We get there and we're not even interested in each other or

Robert Burns.

What's going on?

Oh, I was hoping the hotel could move the reception up to another Saturday or

Sunday, but it looks like they're booked for the entire summer.

And you know that how?

I talked the restaurant manager into emailing me the calendar.

Does Simon know that you're calling the restaurant?

No, of course not. I wanted to make sure they could get another date first.

And now?

I'm waiting on some dates from some other restaurants.

Look, it's last minute anyway. We can't wait for them to decide to start

changing their plans. We have to get something in place for them, you know,

that they have options.

I know what I'm doing.

Do we have to go to the wedding?

Can't we split up? Girls stay here, guys go to New York. The only way we could

get away with that is if we took Simon with us. Kidnap him? We can't kidnap

I know some guys.

I imagine you do.

Maybe we can talk them into loping.

You may be on to something.

Really? Well, they're getting married. They're definitely getting married.

So maybe, maybe they could elope.

Rose doesn't want to get married in the church anyway. And truthfully, I don't

feel that great about marrying them because I don't think they should get

married. But they are getting married.

See, we all have to face that. They are getting married.

How do we get them to elope?

Easy. I'll suggest it.

If you suggest it, it'll look as if you're choosing Matt over Simon. So how

would you suggest it to him?

Simon will probably call us about the invitations.

I'll tell him what I would do in his situation.

Elope. Elope.

Dad, can I have $2 ,500 to go to Scotland this summer to study poetry?

That's everything included.

Housing, food, everything.

Darling... I'd love for you to study poetry abroad, but am I having $2 ,500

help you do it? It's a bigger stretch of the imagination than the Loch Ness

Monster.

We can give it to you if you want to go.

You mean it?

I want to go to Scotland. I've always wanted to go to Scotland. So has Annie.

far as I'm concerned, we can all go after we go to New York and see Matt

graduate. We're going to the graduation?

How are we going to do that? It's the same day as the wedding.

We'll talk later.

All right.

Maybe we are going to the graduation.

Was she on hold all that time?

I think so.

Does that count as billable minutes?

Yep.

Who's she on hold with?

I don't know, but I'm going to go home and wait for Simon to call.

Wait.

Maybe we shouldn't actually do this. I mean, it sounded good in theory, but

Annie already blames me for not stopping this wedding.

But how can you stop a wedding you don't know anything about?

Besides, she'll forget all about the wedding when she's watching Matt

from med school.

Maybe, but... No, seriously, we better not interfere here.

All right, I won't say anything.

Are you just saying that so that I won't have a part in Simon deciding to elope,

or are you actually not going to say anything?

I don't know what I meant.

Look, when you're deciding whether or not you should or shouldn't do

how do you decide?

I just ask myself if it's to anyone's benefit.

Mine or anyone else's? Would it be to anyone's benefit if Simon and Rosie

I can't have anything to do with this. Got it.

Are there any of those Vegas -type wedding chapels anywhere around the

there? I'm sure there are.

Help me, okay? Help me with this.

Mom, it doesn't matter if you find another restaurant. If they don't want

change the date, they're not going to. With God, all things are possible.

Mom, I don't think I'd bring God into this.

And why not?

What, do you think what I'm doing is wrong? I didn't say that.

It's just that you don't want to just change the date of the wedding. You're

trying to get them to call off the wedding, and I don't know if I want any

of that.

What, do you think you're a better Christian than I am just because I'm...

I'm doing everything in my power to keep my son from making the biggest mistake

of his life.

No, I didn't say that either.

And you're not keeping him from making a mistake. You're just delaying it.

And I don't think it's right for you to do this without Simon and Rose knowing.

So you do think you're a better Christian than I am?

You know what? I think it's time for Savannah and me to go home.

Kevin! Luce! Just say what you came over here to say, okay?

I didn't really come over here to say anything.

I want to go to Matt's graduation, too, but Simon's getting married, Mom, and

he's getting married on the same day that Matt graduates, and there's nothing

can do about it, unfortunately.

Well, I have to believe that there is.

Simon and Rose can get married on another Saturday, if they're actually

go through with this charade. Any Saturday but that one. Yeah, well,

Good night.

And I don't think I'm a better Christian than you.

Hey, don't let the pressures of this wedding and this graduation get to you,

Mom. Everything will be fine.

Hey, wait up.

What's going on?

My mother is losing her mind.

She thinks that she is going to rebook Simon's wedding reception so that Simon

and Rose could have other places to have a reception on some other Saturday,

which is sure to be a long, long time away from the one that they have

scheduled, because what she really wants... It's to get them to call off

wedding. Oh.

Oh, that's all you have to say is oh?

I don't see what everyone's making such a big deal about. Maybe Simon will

change the date of his wedding.

I don't think anyone's talked to him about it.

You know what?

You're right. We haven't even given him a chance.

I'll call him. I'll ask him.

Or I could.

No, he's my brother. I'll call him. And I don't want him to get the impression

that we don't want him to get married. We just don't want him to get married on

the day he has planned. But if he does...

We will all be there.

Yeah, all right. I know what to say and I know how to say it. Leave it up to me.

No, I'll talk to him.

I'll call him after I put Savannah to bed.

Hold on.

I forgot something. I'll be right there.

Simon? Kevin, I was going to call you guys.

Did you get the invitation to Matt's graduation? It's on the same day as my

wedding. No kidding. I didn't realize.

What are you going to do?

There's nothing I can do.

You and Lucy are still going to be in the wedding, right?

You can't not be at the wedding. Matt's not going to be at the wedding. You're

like a big brother to me. And you're like a brother to me.

And that's why I'd really like to be there.

Thanks. Of course, Matt's like a brother to me, too.

And I'd like to be at his graduation, too.

But you can't. Yeah.

Guess not.

Unless... Nah, forget it. Unless what?

I don't guess you and Rose would consider eloping.

Eloping?

Big weddings are just so much trouble, and eloping is kind of romantic.

Elope? You wouldn't want to elope, would you? I don't know.

Maybe.

Lucy and Kevin can be our witnesses.

I think we're at maybe.

All right, call me.

And don't call your sister and don't take any calls from your sister. I want

chance to talk to her about this first, if you decide to go that way.

Yeah, okay.

I'm going to need some time to think about this.

Yeah, me too.

24 hours?

Okay, 24 hours.

Kind of interesting to think that we could be married in 24 hours.

Yeah, it is interesting.

May I come in?

Sure, sure. Come on in.

I'm sorry, I don't have a lot of time.

Take the time.

This is important.

I want to talk to you.

Okay.

So, I hear you're thinking about eloping.

Oh.

Rose discussed that with you, did she?

Yeah, she did.

I don't think it's a good idea.

But what do I know, right?

Right.

So, what does your girlfriend think?

My what?

Your girlfriend?

You know, after our little dinner party, Rose called your last call dialed. So?

I know other women.

Obviously, you know other women that you'd call during our little dinner

Is that why you kept running outside to see this woman?

What's your point?

My point is... If you have a girlfriend, you shouldn't be getting married to

Rose. She's not a girlfriend.

She's just some woman that I work with, that I talk to once in a while. She

doesn't mean anything to me.

I don't buy that.

Why didn't Rose say anything to me about this? She probably doesn't want you to

have an opportunity to call off the wedding. And again, I don't buy that

woman means nothing to you. I'm not calling off the wedding.

And if she meant something to me, why would I be willing to elope with Rose?

I don't know.

So Rose won't call off the wedding? I called Rose's last caller, too.

It was you.

Don't do it, Simon.

Don't rush off and marry her when you're not sure. Make sure.

I'm sure.

You know, I may talk to this woman that I work with about Rose and about my

frustrations around the wedding, but I want to marry Rose, and I'm going to

marry her.

Maybe tonight.

Just so everyone can go to your brother Matt's graduation?

You just close your eyes and dive into a marriage that you're not sure about

just so it'd be over and done with and there'd be no more conflict, no

to make?

No. I want her back.

I want Rose back.

I don't think you love her. I don't think you really want to marry her. And

says your family doesn't want you to marry her.

Oh, that's not true. Kevin and Lucy might even be our witnesses.

And your mom and dad?

I don't care what my mom and dad want.

This is about Rose and me.

And if Rose will have me, I'll marry her whenever she wants.

The date that we set or tonight.

I have a little work.

But if you want to talk to Rose, you don't have to do it behind my back. You

just hang out here until she shows up.

Thank you. I will.

Fine.

I've got nothing to hide. Feel free to answer the phone.

Hey, just checking in. Oh, nothing going on.

Talk to anyone?

No one you'd want to know about.

Oh, I see.

Don't worry about it. Well, I am kind of worried about it. There's nothing to

worry about yet. They're thinking it over. They are? They would actually

They're going to let me know. When?

Should be any time now.

But they wouldn't elope immediately.

Not immediately. I think Simon has to go to work first.

Then... After he goes to work, they would... I don't want to know.

Then I won't tell you. Unless they decide that they're not going to elope,

then you can tell me.

I'm waiting until Simon says he's definitely going to do it, and then I'll

the news to her, and then we'll drive up there and be their witnesses.

You didn't say anything about being their witnesses.

They're going to need witnesses.

Yeah, but if you and Lucy are going to be witnesses, then... And here you come

in, dear.

I'm hanging up.

Witnesses? Lucy and Kevin being witnesses? To what?

Oh, Simon and Rose, they're not eloping.

Eloping? Are they eloping?

Oh, you know that Simon and Rose are eloping? You and Kevin and Lucy all

How could you do this to me?

It's just a crazy idea. And they're not eloping. Not yet, anyway. And Lucy knows

nothing about this. But...

If Simon and Rose would elope, we could all go to Matt's graduation.

Eric Camden, if our son elopes, I may never speak to you again as long as we

live.

Hello? How can you answer the phone at a time like this? We need to stop them.

Oh.

It's the restaurant about canceling the wedding reception.

They have a cancellation late August.

And you're dreaming those two are getting married.

Not if I can help it. And they're not eloping, Oak.

Simon? Could you hold on for just a second?

Oh, no, it's Umberto.

Simon's not here at the moment. Can I take a message?

Well, I'm Simon's mother.

Oh, hi.

I'm Rose's old boyfriend. It's nice to meet you.

Yeah, you too. Listen, Umberto, I don't know you and you don't know me, but we

have got to stop Simon and Rose from eloping. I couldn't agree with you more.

And after we stop them from eloping, let's stop them from getting married

altogether. Yes!

Everything okay at your house?

As far as I know.

Why? No reason.

Did you come over to pick up your check?

Well, I came over to see you and Savannah and Samson and Delilah, too, of

course. It's over there.

This is really nice of you.

If I had the chance to go to Scotland the summer I was 16, I would have jumped

at it, too.

I'm surprised that the slots weren't filled.

My counselor thinks it's a great opportunity.

I owe you a lot of babysitting for this, so let me know whenever you need help.

Yeah, all right. Maybe even tonight.

I'm yours anytime you want.

Bye.

Let me help you with that.

Hey, Ruthie, what's going on?

I just came by to get my check.

Thanks for Scotland.

Let me know if you need me to babysit you.

Pregnancy must be affecting my hearing. I thought she said thanks for Scotland.

Did she say thanks for Scotland?

Yep.

What does that mean, thanks for Scotland?

You know, I told her we'd give her the money to go on that summer study

the one that Peter's going on.

Uh, no, I didn't know.

Mom and Dad are letting her go to Scotland with Peter for the summer?

I guess.

It's a school thing.

Yeah, a school thing where she's going out of the country to be with a guy. And

study poetry.

Oh, yeah, right, poetry.

Yeah, because she's always had an interest in poetry.

Would it hurt if she got an interest?

Her interest isn't in poetry.

It's being with an old boyfriend far, far away from home where her family will

not be a factor in their relationship.

Oh, come on. She's 16.

So she gets a little life outside the family.

At 16?

Yeah, at 16.

Maybe she goes out and sees a little bit of the world. She won't want to get

married when she's in high school or college.

Maybe she'll want to take the time before she settles down to see the rest

the world. You know what, Kevin? You're a genius.

Yeah, he's a real genius. These two told Simon to elope.

You are a genius. That is brilliant.

Now we really can go to Matt's graduation, and I don't have to be in

wedding, and you don't have to be in the wedding, and you don't have to be angry

with me, and you can stop spending all of your time trying to stop the

inevitable. Oh, I don't have to spend another minute trying to stop this

wedding. Rose's boyfriend is going to do that for me.

Simon said you'd be here.

I think we should talk.

I think we should, too.

You look nice.

A girl should look nice on her wedding day.

What about the dress? The wedding dress with the net thing for your head and all

that? It's in the car.

Oh, good.

You wouldn't want it to go to waste.

Look, Umberto, I'm really happy you flew out to spend some time with me.

It's been great reconnecting.

But I really do love Simon.

I'm going to marry him.

Tonight?

Well, that's great, Rose. I'm really happy for you.

I was afraid the guy wasn't going to go through with it.

Me too.

But he is. Yep.

So what do you say? Can I be there?

Well, I think he wanted Kevin and Lucy to be our witnesses.

Oh.

Well, I think they're all coming.

The mom, the dad, Kevin, Lucy, the sister, the twins.

What? Yeah, I've been taking all the calls.

They all want to be there. They're on their way up. Why?

Why would they want to be there? They don't want to be there the day I plan

wedding. Don't you want them to come?

No. No, I don't want them to come.

But they're your family, or they will be in a few hours.

So can I come or not? I mean, as long as everyone else is.

No.

No, I'm not doing this.

I mean, this is not an elopement.

This is a cheap wedding just so they can all go to Matt's graduation.

Yeah, but so what?

You're still going to get what you want.

You're still going to be married to Simon. But why should they get to be

They don't even like me.

I mean, Kevin and Lucy like me. A little, I think.

But I didn't even really want them there.

I was just going along with that for Simon.

It seems you're going along with a lot just for Simon.

Like, you want a big wedding.

With your family, your friends, you got that designer dress, and that thing for

your head that... The veil.

And the shoes and the flowers and... What was I thinking?

You weren't thinking.

You're just in love.

Well, I'm not eloping.

I don't think you should.

Look, you deserve to have the wedding you always dreamed about.

You deserve nothing but the best.

You're right.

Thank you.

How did I let this happen?

How did I almost let them trick me into this?

Look, I don't want to say anything bad about Simon.

you know I like him, and you know I'd take you back just like that, so I'm not

putting him down just so you can reconsider how life could be with me,

guy's a little weak when it comes to his family, don't you think?

Honestly. That is his one fault.

Well, that and he's chatting it up with some girl from work.

So that's who that was.

I'm still gonna let that go.

Yeah, it's probably nothing.

Oh, um...

Yeah, you better make a phone call.

Unless you want a car full of Camdens pulling up.

Here's any cell number.

Hello? If you're on your way up here, you can go back home.

I've decided I don't want to elope.

I want a wedding.

The big wedding that I planned.

All right, Rose, if that's what you want.

Not eloping.

Hello.

For you.

Hello.

Just checking to see if you were really on your way up here or not.

Okay, are we all proud of ourselves now?

I don't care. I bought us some time.

All right.

I might not be as good a Christian as you are.

So you lied?

Yeah. You conspired with Simon's mother to stop us from eloping?

Yeah. How did you know she was at home?

Intuition. Oh, yeah. I forgot you had that.

Is everyone against me?

Even you?

Everyone's against you marrying Simon.

Even me.

I don't think you should marry into a family where you're not liked.

Do you think there's anything at all I could do that would make them like me?

Don't ask me that.

I don't want them to like you.

All right.

If that's what you really want, I guess I do know.

Is it for us? Bring back something good, will you? No invitations.

I don't care.

So don't go.

I'm still going.

Hi. Hi.

I wasn't just going for you anyway.

And first of all, I know who Robert Burns is.

And secondly, it's not just about poetry. They're also covering medieval

literature. So you don't even have the curriculum right.

Bill, Bill.

Junk mail, junk mail, junk mail.

Thanks. We'll go put it out in the garage.

All right.

Is there some reason you like putting the junk mail in the recycling bin so

much?

No, not really.

I did not steal your idea.

You're the one who told me about it. You wanted me to go.

I can't help it if you can't go now and I can.

What?

Peter failed a class with Harrison Vick, won't let him go to Scotland to study

this summer.

Wow.

That's not all me.

That's Mom.

What are you getting angry at me for?

I'm not angry. I'm just shocked.

I mean, I didn't think this could happen. I thought there were limits.

Guess not.

Can I please have my phone back?

I don't think so.

Not right now.

All right, well, think about it.

Sure. I have some money saved, but I was going to use that for Scotland this

summer.

You did ask Mom about Scotland, didn't you? I haven't, but I will. Somehow the

timing just hasn't been right.

Yeah, I know. That's why I haven't asked her.

Think about the phone, okay?

with dresses.

I like them with blue jeans and I like blonde hair and black hair.

I like red hair and girls that smile with their teeth.

Hi. What's going on, guys?

I think maybe we should talk.

About the mail?

It's just junk mail.

Where is everyone?

I don't know.

So, Mom's not home yet?

No, they're running late.

Uh, you want to email later and talk to me now?

Oh, sorry.

Dad just took my phone.

I was right in the middle of a conversation with Peter.

He got the bill.

The phone bill. And it was a really big phone bill.

Hmm. I'll give it back to you.

I don't know if I want it back, but I don't want to cause any trouble.

I really want to go to Scotland this summer.

Oh, have you asked Mom about that yet? Dad said he'd ask her when the time was

right. Yeah.

I wonder when that will be.

Probably not today.

No, probably not.

But I have a feeling everything will work out.

And if she asks my opinion, I'll tell her I think you should go.

Will you tell her even if she doesn't ask you?

Well, I could, but I don't want any trouble either.

Kevin thinks going to Scotland will be good for you. He thinks it'll inspire

to study poetry and literature, and maybe it'll even give you the travel

make you want to travel around the world.

I'm only going for the boys.

So how's the baby?

Everything's fine so far.

It's not quite as scary as the first time.

It's actually quite enjoyable, in fact.

I feel happy.

I feel happy, too.

I've hardly thought about Martin at all this week.

I still miss hanging out up here with you and Mary.

I'm really happy I have sisters.

I don't think we're going to get Mary back, but in a few weeks we'll have

Yeah.

Rose.

Sorry, sorry, sorry.

Traffic was terrible.

There was a wreck on the freeway.

Oh, don't worry. I don't mind waiting.

I was just curious as to why you didn't want to meet at the house.

Where you could have waited in comfort. No, I was just curious.

I wanted to talk to you alone.

Away from everyone else.

Face to face, just the two of us.

Okay.

What's up?

First of all, I called Sarah and Matt and told them that we can move our

date back a day.

So you can all take off after the wedding and fly to New York.

I tried to move it to the week before or the week after, but honestly, Annie, my

parents couldn't or wouldn't change their travel.

We can't change the restaurant, and they won't give us the deposit back, but the

restaurant will cater the reception of the church if we can have the reception

hall that day.

Or if you prefer, we could just have the reception at your house.

Of course, Rose, whatever you want.

I was just thinking that...

Even though it would be more work for you at the house, it might be more

convenient with Sam and David in Savannah to be close to home.

I mean, the restaurant would serve and clean up and everything.

Did you really change the date?

I did.

And I've been on the phone all day calling the other guests, and so has

And we made an announcement and sent it out.

And it's not like the hand -engraved invitations, but people will know in

Oh, Rose, that's really, really nice of you.

Simon and I were supposed to go on a cruise, but... As it turns out, Simon

didn't book the cruise.

He kind of let it slip, so we're going to get the entire family tickets on the

red -eye to New York that night.

Rose, you and Simon don't have to do that.

No, I think we do.

We should, to make up for the last year.

Annie, I'd hate me too if I were you.

I would be terrified of me marrying your son if I were you.

I'm...

I'm not the person I want to be.

I'm not even close.

I apologize.

I'm sorry.

I haven't been very nice.

I've been completely self -centered and condescending and really in your face

like I won some victory over you in getting your son to marry me.

I don't offer this as an excuse, but...

I do want to explain a little of where this is coming from.

Or where I think it's coming from.

I think I started getting like this after my parents divorced.

I blamed myself.

And the more I blamed myself, the worse I felt.

And the less I thought of myself.

And to hide that, I started acting superior to everyone.

So no one would know that I feel like nothing.

Rose.

This is hard for me.

Please let me just get this out.

I wanted to be that child that the parents stayed together for.

Or I wanted to be that child that the parents fought over, argued about.

You hear these stories where couples battle it out for custody.

Not my parents.

Neither of them wanted me.

They fought about who should get stuck with having to raise me.

whose idea it was to have me in the first place.

I practically lived by myself after they got divorced.

They would constantly scream at each other about whose turn it was to take

Too busy.

They were both too busy with their work and their relationships, and they still

are.

Look, they're nice people.

Just really not such great parents.

I mean, they've taken care of me financially, and I'm grateful for that.

They paid my way through school, and they really do provide me all the

things that I need.

I know that they're doing the best they can for who they are.

But I know that I'm not.

I'm not doing the best that I can for who I am.

I'm going to be a better person.

I'm going to be a good wife. I'm going to be a good daughter -in -law. I

promise. I mean that.

Oh, Rose, I don't know what to say. I feel so badly that we haven't been nicer

to you.

Why would you? I've been horrible.

But I'm hoping that realizing that I've been horrible helps somehow.

I realize now that pretending to be better than everybody else really isn't

going to work for me.

I want to just be the nice person that I think I really am.

But I may need some help.

I may need a lot of help.

Oh, Rose, look, I've been a horrible person, too, and I so apologize.

I'll do anything I can to help you.

Apology and offer of help accepted.

Just please, please give me a chance to start over with you and the rest of the

family. Oh, of course, of course.

Look, it took a lot of guts for you to do this, and I really respect your doing

this.

You should be so proud of yourself.

But not too proud.

Yeah.

I have to run.

I have to get right back to school.

I have a paper due and announcements to get out.

Well, drive carefully, okay? And give me a call when you get back to let me know

you're okay.

Thanks. Oh, and can I ask you, why the sudden change?

Umberto talked to me.

He's known me a long, long time.

He told me that if I quit being afraid that people weren't going to like me,

that maybe they would.

He thinks I'm likable.

And that made me think that maybe I still have a chance with you.

Hello? I've got some good news and some bad news.

The good news is I really, really like Rose, love her even.

Oh, she's not such an awful person after all.

You're on your cell phone, so I won't ask you to explain that, but quickly,

what's the bad news?

The bad news is I'm not so sure she's going to end up with Simon.