To put it differently, the 1990 would probably count as the best one-night stand you ever had, whereas you'd be inclined to proposemarriage to the 1989.
But his fear and self-doubt lead him to avoid close relationships, even walking away from the women he cares for when she comes to him and gives him the chance to proposemarriage.
The screenwriter, Jeffrey Abrams, has a mind that channel-hops from AMC to Nick at Nite: he stuffs the film with old-movie gimmicks and sitcom devices, such as Gibson being able to proposemarriage only when his lover is absent.
Nevertheless, some of Mr Bush's fellow Republicans in Congress propose having a ban on gay marriage written into the constitution, just to be sure, and Mr Bush is thinking of backing them.