1.   As folklorists have observed, the courtship story tends to be a staple in any family which tells stories at all.

2.   Even in tension-fraught Marriages a courtship story can serve as a lodestar.

3.   The courtship story is the story of How the Family Began, or this branch at any rate.

4.   When a courtship story goes sour or when it dies, a resource is lost.