"Hope springs eternal, doesn't it?" Margie said. "I would like to have a life partner. I don't know about marriage. I think the statistics for a second marriage are grimmer than they are for the first. I certainly would like to have a special someone in my life."

Dick said he does not define himself by whether he is married or not.

"That's a particular legal statement that doesn't necessarily in itself matter. It's the relationships that matter."