This heartwarming film explores why people of a variety of ages, cultures, and gender orientation, still want to marry in an era when it is socially acceptable for couples to live together, forgoing wedding vows. Tracing mores from the 1950s when traditional lifestyles were very much the norm, through the '60s sexual revolution, to our own time when fewer people are getting legally married, Robert Glossop of The Vanier Institute of the Family, observes that there are still reasons for people to get married.

Some couples we meet are starry-eyed in love and are ready to pledge themselves to one another. Some, of mixed cultures, are careful to satisfy the expectations of their families. One couple has been in a relationship for many years but has never lived together. They decide to marry to show their commitment but still plan to live separately because “it works” for them. Some couples want to start a family and believe in the traditional family. A lesbian couple that has been together for many years heads for the altar.

"The mix of ages, lifestyles, and attitudes profiled here provides a balanced view of contemporary society, while the film also touches on matrimonial traditions and the wedding industry"
‒Video Librarian

American Sociological Association, 2009