I was never a girl who dreamed about what her wedding day would be like, but I’ve always dreamed about decorating my baby’s nursery.

Romijn contrasts two culturally scripted fantasies for women—an idealized wedding and the anticipation of motherhood—to signal where her personal desires have long been centered. The line suggests she felt little attachment to the performative, public spectacle of a wedding day, but strong interest in the intimate, creative work of preparing a home for a child. Read this way, the quote is less anti-marriage than pro-domestic imagination: it frames “decorating the nursery” as a form of nesting, care, and authorship over one’s private space. It also subtly critiques how romance narratives can eclipse other life aspirations, emphasizing that fulfillment may come from different milestones than those society expects.