Upon engagement, she'll meet her future mother in law. The woman will seem nice enough and, one night over dinner, will begin to jovially tease her son.

Thank you for clarifying this- because the couple of times "four children" were mentioned had me thinking palimony was a sort of child support (and I was sad contemplating Gordon being a possible dead beat dad).

Right!? I can only hope my poor, mute puppies haven't been traumatized by the smorgasbord of preparations I've proclaimed at the sight of their adorable tiny little faces. And they don't smell anything like newborn human babies.

It happens to male models too :)