Isn't it "anything father,further"? The idea! I married your mother because I wanted children.

VOA: special.2009.07.19

"I married you because I loved you.

VOA: special.2009.06.27

I did not know she was married!" Language expert Webb Garrison tells an interesting story about the expression.

VOA: special.2010.02.14

"I want a grandchild.I'll be seventy in July, and I just -- whether they get married or not, I want a grandchild."

VOA: special.2011.05.23

"He hated me because of the problem that I had. He eventually left me and married another woman."

VOA: special.2010.08.09

"It is just being married that I hate.

VOA: special.2009.06.27