Se ranger – (French) to get married for domestic comfort and to put life on a regular footing

Cobb had only been in the dream job for five years when he had first wanted to quit. He had met Mal, the beautiful daughter of his teacher, and he knew where his life was going to take him with her. They had enough money for now to settle down, get married, raise a family, have a domestic life.

He waned to be normal, to live life the way he would have without dreaming. He wanted to buy a house with Ma and quarrel over whose turn it was to cook and clean, only to do it together as a team anyway. He wanted to go to sleep every night next to her, in their bed with sheets that weren't perfectly made every day. He wanted the normal fuss and clutter of a house, a lived in house. He wanted to marry Mal and laugh over the twenty wedding gift toasters they would receive. He wanted to make bread in the wedding gift bread maker. He wanted to see Mals body change with their first child, their second child, maybe even their third child. He wanted to drive the kids to ballet, soccer, school, high school, parks and dances and graduations. He wanted to take the family on day trips. He wanted to get weary with life but never want to change a thing.

He wanted to grow old with Mal. He wanted a normal domestic life.