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1:01:00
- So you're really getting married ?
- No.

1:01:02
- You're not really getting married ?
- [ Scoffs ]

1:01:04
The story goes like this: He proposed,
I told him l had to think about it,

1:01:09
and he insisted
that l wear the ring anyway.

1:01:11
Then my mother told the paper
we were engaged.

1:01:13
- Oh, how like her.
- Then my mother called this morning...

1:01:16
to let me know that
the announcement was in the paper.

1:01:18
That's when l hopped a train
to come back here,
because l knew you'd be a wreck.

1:01:21
- Thanks for the vote of confidence.
- Was l right ?

1:01:24
""Wreck"" is a harsh term.
1:01:26
""Disturbed"" is more like it.
""Mildly disturbed,"" even.

1:01:28
Oh, l love a macho facade.
It is such a turn-on.

1:01:31
- What smells like shoe polish ?
- So you came here to what ?
To comfort me ?

1:01:35
The last thing l needed was for you to
think l was hiding something from you.

1:01:38
- But you were !
- No, l wasn't ! Not really.

1:01:40
I told you
I'd been seeing other people.

1:01:42
Yeah, but not seriously. Christ,
you're ready to walk down the aisle.

1:01:45
I think that constitutes something
more than just seeing somebody.

1:01:47
- What's going on ?
- I'm giving him his ring back.

1:01:50
- What ?
- [ Sighs ] l don't want to marry him.

1:01:52
I don't want to get married now.
I'm on the verge of graduation.

1:01:55
I want to go to grad school after this,
and then l want to start a career.

1:01:59
I don't want to be a wife first
and then have to worry about...

1:02:01
when I'm gonna
fit in the other stuff.

1:02:03
I have come way too far
and studied too damn hard...

1:02:06
to let my education
go to waste as a housewife.

1:02:08
And l know
that's what I'd become.

1:02:10
Sang's just signed with a major firm,
and he's gonna be pulling in
a huge salary,

1:02:14
which would give me
no reason to work.

1:02:16
- He's very traditional.
- Wait a minute.

1:02:18
- His name is ""Sang"" ? Past tense ?
- Stop it. He's a nice guy.

1:02:21
Well, if he's so nice,
why aren't you marrying him ?

1:02:24
- l just told you.
- There's more to this, isn't there ?

1:02:27
Oh ! Why, Mr. Hicks,
whatever do you mean ?

1:02:30
- Tell me l don't
have something to do with it.
- You have nothing to do with it.

1:02:33
- Oh, you lie !
- Look how full of yourself you are !

1:02:35
I just believe in giving credit
where credit's due,

1:02:37
and l believe I'm the impetus
behind your refusal to wed.

1:02:39
If I'm so nuts about you, then why am l
having sex with an Asian design major ?

1:02:43
Oh, Jesus. You're so caustic.
1:02:45
I had to knock you down
from that cloud you were floating on.

1:02:48
When l say l don't want to get married,
I mean just that.

1:02:50
I don't want to marry anybody.
Not for years.

1:02:53
Who's asking ?
I don't want to marry you.

1:02:56
Well, good.
Keep in that frame of mind.

1:02:58
- Well, let's date.
- Oh, l think Sang and... Veronica,


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