‘Why be with someone who’s making the journey? You could be with someone who has already arrived.’
Willingness to begin the journey is just as admirable as arriving to the end of it. Also, everyone is constantly learning and we all start from different places. Nikki has an issue with thinking herself above other people and her view points better than the conservative ones of her family and the widows. She can’t expect her sister’s boyfriend to be at her level of understanding when her sister isn’t even there yet. In fact, Mindi seems more opened minded toward other people’s worldviews than Nikki does.
