The word "marriage" creates immediate definitions in our hearts and minds, long before the sentence is completed. While many take the word and idea of marriage for granted every day, others strive for the time when it will be theirs, as a right and not just a privilege. For Patrick, a divorced father struggling to find himself at age forty, the word marriage means a world of acceptance, which at one time was not understood. Patrick and his husband Christopher were never married in the traditional sense, but that never limited them in how they felt for each other and allowed them to get into a domestic partnership. When Christopher became ill, Patrick was the legal voice for the couple. A misunderstanding of what it means to be in "Registered Domestic Partnership" resulted in Patrick's removal from the hospital room. Listen to Patrick's story, hear his message, and understand why it is so important to realize what it means to be married; this film is for all people wishing to commit to each other.