Father of the Bride Page #2

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- Aw.

- Uh, Thursday, sure. Absolutely.

- Okay.

- Matty, could you use your fork?

Number two:
Paul Simon

is coming to the Forum...

and I think I can

get us great seats.

- Um, yeah, sure.

- All right. Paul Simon's

an "um, yeah, sure..."

which I believe

translates to a yes?

- All right. I'll call that guy.

- Um, honey?

Could you please get that

bottle of wine in the fridge for me?

- Sure.

- Dad, wait. Um, I don't know.

- You don't want to see Paul Simon?

- No, l-l do. It's just, um--

- Well, what is it?

- Well--

- Honey, is something going on?

- Yes.

Yeah, it is, Mom. Uh-- God, this is

a hard thing to tell parents.

Especially when they're

my parents. Oh, God.

Honey, just say it.

What's the big deal?

- Yeah.

- Okay.

I met somebody in Rome.

Um, he's an American.

Uh, he's from L.A., actually,

and, um, his name's Bryan MacKenzie.

And he's this

completely wonderful...

wonderful, amazing man, and--

Well, we, we started

seeing each other...

a lot, and, um...

we fell in love.

It actually happened.

And, uh...

we've decided to get married

which means that I'm engaged!

I'm engaged!

I'm getting married!

- Congratulations.

- Thank you.

Well, my, my.

Oh, so-- Oh, my. And that's

your engagement ring, huh?

Yes, yes! We got it

at a flea market outside of Rome.

The guy we bought it from said

it was at least 100 years old.

- Wow.

- So, Dad. Stop it. Say something.

I-l'm sorry.

What did you say?

Dad, I met a man in Rome,

and he's wonderful...

and brilliant,

and we're getting married.

- Mom, what's he doing?

- George.

George, what is it?

Well. This is-- This--

This is ridiculous.

- What?

- You're-- You're-- You're

too young to get married.

Too young? Dad, I'm 22.

If I'm not mistaken...

that's, that's a year older

than Mom was when you guys got married.

- That is absolutely not true.

- Oh, no, you-- Ha!

You're absolutely wrong.

- You were this age when I married you?

- No! I was younger.

I was this age

when she was born.

That-- That-- That doesn't matter.

Times have changed.

You mother was mature, and, uh,

22 isn't what it used to--

Matty, would you turn on

the air conditioner? It's hot in here.

I thought-- I thought you didn't

believe in marriage.

I thought that it meant

that a woman lost her identity.

I-l thought you wanted to get a job

before you settled down...

so you could earn money

and be your own person.

All right. Hold on.

I didn't think I believed

in marriage until I met Bryan.

And Bryan's not like any other guy

I've ever known.

I want to be married to him.

And I'm not gonna lose

my identity with him...

because he's not

some overpowering, macho guy.

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