I had arranged a birthday party for him and my children, who are all Aquarians. Instead, we got married. I ran out of excuses. It was just us and my children.

Von Furstenberg recounts an impulsive, intimate decision to marry that overtook a more ordinary plan (a birthday party). The detail about everyone being “Aquarians” adds a lightly self-mocking, fate-and-personality frame—suggesting a household inclined toward independence and spontaneity—while “I ran out of excuses” implies that hesitation had been prolonged by rationalizations rather than lack of feeling. The closing image (“just us and my children”) emphasizes a private, family-centered ceremony, foregrounding commitment as something enacted within an existing domestic reality rather than staged for public display. Overall, the quote contrasts social performance with personal resolve: when explanations are exhausted, action becomes the clearest declaration.