Resembles a marriage of convenience or status. The novel points out that “They had spent a year in France for no particular reason, and then drifted restlessly hither and thither wherever people played polo and got rich together” (Fitzgerald 6). The word “restless” suggests that the two sought satisfaction in material objects and riches, which leads to dissatisfaction. Their search for approval means that "Tom and Daisy belonged to a 'secret society' that ruined, through their callousness and carelessness, other people's lives" (Telgen 68). Together they live in a whimsical world where life revolves around their actions and decisions; the pursuit of acceptance and worldly wealth highlights their lack of importance