Couples commonly dig their heels when a lot of little things stacked on top of each other, and then that last thing is the straw that breaks the back of marriage connection.
As for River's declaration at the end of the episode -- "it doesn't matter" was her response to the exit of her parents -- it felt tonally wrong, especially in an hour that was all about marriage, connection and literal leaps of faith.
They have marriage connections or business ties with organized criminal bosses.
Possessed of administrative and technical skills, especially in the fiscal area, the Soga established marriage connections with the royal house that permitted them considerable influence at court.
In search of better economic prospects, Cochin Jews also moved to Calcutta (now Kolkata) and Bombay (now Mumbai), where they worshiped with the other Jewish communities and provided religious leadership, though typically retaining marriage connections with the community in Cochin.
Maybe this is the new world of relationships, marriage, connections and I am just out of touch.
In 1909 she married Frank W. Frueauff, a Denver businessman, and during the marriage her connection with the theatre was limited to aiding talented young people, notably composer Deems Taylor.
But the fact that this model isn't working out that well in non-college educated America hasn't prevented the values associated with it from spreading apace, with each succeeding American generation — Boomer, X, Millennial — being more likely to embrace a more flexible view of marriage's connection to procreation, and a less normative view of marriage generally.
It's misguided to set up an invidious comparison between Hillary and Palin, as some have done, suggesting that Palin worked her way up into power and status, while Hillary did it "the easy way" through marriage and connections.
Though none of his viewers could know this yet, Robin is all too aware that if his marriage fails, his connection to Zak could be jeopardized.
And in 2010, he ran a television advertisement calling Mr. Webster "Taliban Daniel Webster" — Taliban Dan, for short — for his views on women and marriage, and his connection to a Christian group.
