His belief that she will marry him is only wishful thinking.
他以为她会嫁给自己的,这只是梦想而已。
「So you agreed to marry him while you were cleaning the toilet?」 the interviewer asked.
主持人问她:「所以,你在洗厕所的时候就答应嫁给他了?」
In Puccini's Turandot the successful suitor for the hand of the unwilling Turandot tells her that she does not have to marry him if she can find out his name.
Love, what we mean is did you marry him because you thought he would support you through thick or thin, or did you maybe think he would make a great father to your child?