That was probably a good part of the reason why he married her in the first place.

"Else I could never have married you in the first place."

Hell, I should never have married her in the first place.

Maybe Ross should never had got married in the first place.

Why did I have to get married in the first place, she thought.

She should never have married him in the first place.

And I thought about why he had married me in the first place.

"Weren't you the one who thought we should get married in the first place?"

"I was trying to figure out why you married me in the first place."

"But if what you are saying is true, why did they ever get married in the first place?"