To All Shippers

[Xin Rong]

I know I just don't know what you mean by "there are very few happy endings these days" implying that relationships had a tendency to work out better or to last longer in the past or something. But I'm probably just overanalyzing as usual...haha

From a purely statistical point of view they did, marriages were definitely more common, and divorces were less frequent in the not so distance past. Although, I'd agree that is confusing, considering a long lasting marriage may not be synonymous with happy endings, I'm guessing many marriages caused misery because of their confining nature.

p.s. my comment was more persona though, I should have made it clearer, stories such as disney fairytales have happy endings, whereas as an adult I encounter less stories with happier endings, as they tend to be more realistic, which is a shame 🙂

 

[SlayerFest]

From a purely statistical point of view they did, marriages were definitely more common, and divorces were less frequent in the not so distance past. Although, I'd agree that is confusing, considering a long lasting marriage may not be synonymous with happy endings, I'm guessing many marriages caused misery because of their confining nature.

p.s. my comment was more persona though, I should have made it clearer, stories such as disney fairytales have happy endings, whereas as an adult I encounter less stories with happier endings, as they tend to be more realistic, which is a shame 🙂

Yeah that's what I was thinking, my grandparents have been together since they were in high school but there was definitely more pressure put on them to settle down and marry when my grandma got pregnant in her 20s. Staying married isn't always the best solution. My grandparents seem happy but their relationship is disturbingly...old fashioned. I almost feel like they've stayed together all these years because it would be seen as ridiculous or just plain crazy if they had ever divorced. I think a lot of people seem to jump into marriage too quickly, but now less people feel the need to put up a front if their relationship just isn't working out. Haha sorry I'm kind of rambling, I've just been thinking about this a lot lately.