... Yeah, sure, let's go with five minutes at least. Just to keep up the appearances here.

*not that he disagrees-- this might not be the worst set-up, but...

... he hates that he's having to do the marriage meeting in the first place.*

I'm going to have to gather my bearings here a moment. Usually when I end up having to do these meetings, it all gets started by vapid courtesies and introductions...