"Because as much as I love him, I'm not some kind of prize to be revealed to Diego at the end of the ceremony," Annie told her, shaking her head with a little laugh. "There's a lot of kind of patriarchal bullshit tied up in weddings that we're avoiding. Like, my dad is also supposed to walk me down the aisle and 'give me away' to Diego. Which, like, first of all, I don't even know where my dad is so good luck with that." Not something she talked about a lot! And also not something she was especially happy about, when it came to the wedding, but that was neither here nor there. "But also 'cause I'm not property. I'm giving myself to Diego, you know?"