The Iron Lady2011

Young Denis Thatcher:
Margaret, will you marry me?

[a pause, Margaret stares at him]

Young Denis Thatcher:
Well?

Young Margaret Thatcher:
[Margaret is still staring, Denis kisses her hand] Yes. Yes!

Young Denis Thatcher:
[Margaret starts to cry from happiness, Denis leans in for a kiss, but she suddenly pulls back] What?

Young Margaret Thatcher:
I love you so much but, I will never be one of those women, Denis. Who stays silent and pretty on the arm of her husband. Or remote and alone in the kitchen - doing the washing up, for that matter.

Young Denis Thatcher:
[interrupts] I'm going to help with that...

Young Margaret Thatcher:
No. One's life must matter, Dennis. Beyond all the cooking and the cleaning and the children. One's life must mean more than that. I cannot die washing up a teacup! I mean it, Denis. Say you understand.

Young Denis Thatcher:
That's why I want to marry you, my dear.