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Happily EverAfter is a Fairy Tale, agreed? email this discussion to a friend?

myLot reputation of 86/100. Hatley (22229)   ranked 354 out of 7,205 in family1 year ago

Was just responding to a discussion when it triggered this
thought. we are all brought up on the concept that people
get married and live happily ever after. it dawned on me
'that real people do live together happily but not ever
'moment of every day as humans just dont run around like
'chickens clucking happy happy all day long.We all run
'into problems no matter how much we love each other, if
only that illness and accidents do occur and we have no
say over them. So sadness does come into the most happy
home. What is your take that the term happily ever after is'mostly a fairy tale? that real people are not happy every minute of every day and yet they do have wondeful marriages anyway, agreed?Are we betteroff to just say they had a great marriage instead?

 
 
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Irishfrndly65 (7499) response was accepted on 9/5/2009.
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tags:  happily ever after, fairy tale, relationships, fairy tales, life
 
1. myLot reputation of 97/100. OceanTiara (2962)   ranked 2,275 out of 7,205 in family   1 year ago

Oh yes Hatley, we are all human and of course are going to screw up the best marriage indeed it seems it can happen to anyone.
I believe yes, we can say that a marriage was great and is great even through hardships, but today Hatley, the minute anything adverse happens, it seems people give up on eachother..at the drop of a hat..take me for instance, everytime there was a fight, I would get over it, but my spouse would never and would tell me to get out at the drop of a hat...well, guess what? I am out. and I hope they are happy now and will find the fairy tale dream marriage or phuck they are after LOL Hatley Hugs xooxoxoxo


myLot reputation of 86/100. Hatley (22229)   ranked 354 out of 7,205 in family  1 year ago

hi ocean tiara some people are like that and no matter what you do or say, they will never change so all you can do is leave.
my parents were not at all suited for eachother yet my mom refused to leave, and lived a sad life all her life. I wished that I could have persuaded her to leave him but she would not, yet he kept up his verbal abuse until the day he died. she blossomed after his death and I neve saw such a change in anyone. I could wish she had had the courage that you did to get out before he had worn her down so. I am only glad that my husband was not like that. My dad would flaunt his so called superiority at her, he was thirty years older than her, and dare her to leave him. she was scared to make the move.well they are both gone now but she did have some happy years after his death thank goodness for that.


myLot reputation of 97/100. OceanTiara (2962)   ranked 2,275 out of 7,205 in family  1 year ago

Thank goodness then that your poor Mother had some peace and happiness in her life after the death of your Father rip.
Oh yes, cruelty can haunt a person and make them so very weakened to any kind of hope of ever getting better.
You know too Hatley, I bet in some ways, you were blaming yourself for not being able to get her out..I know how that is...Bless you Hatley and I hope peace for you today and all the days to come..and thanks btw for saying I was courageous. Hugs xooxox


myLot reputation of 86/100. Hatley (22229)   ranked 354 out of 7,205 in family  5 months ago

hi ocean tiara where are you one yr later no fairytale endings but I loved my husband and we had a lot of misfortunes but his wild sense of'
humor kept us going and I never really regretted mArrying him as we seemed to know each other from the day we met as if we had always known each other. we were bestfriends and lovers too

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2. myLot reputation of 88/100. scorpiobabes (1533)   ranked 2,833 out of 7,205 in family   1 year ago

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myLot reputation of 86/100. Hatley (22229)   ranked 354 out of 7,205 in family  5 months ago

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3. myLot reputation of 86/100. fwidman (5408)   ranked 1,313 out of 7,205 in family   1 year ago

Happily ever after is a fairy tale. No one is happy 24/7 unless they are mentally challenged in some way or doing some serious drugs. We should say that people have had a great marriage or a great relationship instead happy


myLot reputation of 86/100. Hatley (22229)   ranked 354 out of 7,205 in family  5 months ago

fwidman one yr later happily ever after is only in books in real life we dont go Around s aying smile be happy all day long as thats just too bizarre for words.we did have a great marriage but my husband had colon cancer, had a colostomy, we lost our little girl at age 8, those were not happy happy times at all.but there wereother really happy times and thats what counts.

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4. myLot reputation of 98/100. roniroxas (5937)   ranked 67 out of 7,205 in family   1 year ago

AGREE with big capital letters. you can find someone who is perfectly match for you but still both of you will have short comings and ups and downs. we are human and we make mistakes. that sometimes add spice with the relationship. real people can be happy but you and your partner must work to make the relationship happy. we can be happy but life is full of surprises and that surprises are the one that makes love and relationship strong.


myLot reputation of 86/100. Hatley (22229)   ranked 354 out of 7,205 in family  5 months ago

hi rojniroxas yes life always throws you a loop in A real
marriage and you two learn to love and like and to cope.
You have to work at a good marriage and y ou need to be'friends
wioth eachother for friendship and love go together wonderfully.

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5. myLot reputation of 92/100. Irishfrndly65 (7499)   ranked 687 out of 7,205 in family   1 year ago

I think the whole fairy tale romance fluff should be outlawed! lol Young girls get all dreamy eyed thinking that there is a perfect man out there and then they are disappointed and jaded. Why they would think there is a perfect man, when there aren't any perfect women, is beyond me! If people would face reality there might be less divorce. Trials come, trials go, good times come, good times go. You face them together, learn, grow and move on together! It's the only way. Let's rewrite it, Mrs. Hatley, how's this one?

"They married and made it through the next 60 years together, learning, loving, laughing and living. The End!"


myLot reputation of 95/100. mands61123 (840)   ranked 996 out of 7,205 in family  1 year ago

*claps* well said perfect ending!


myLot reputation of 92/100. Irishfrndly65 (7499)   ranked 687 out of 7,205 in family  1 year ago

;irish bows; Thank you, thank you....no autographs pulleeze! wink


myLot reputation of 95/100. mands61123 (840)   ranked 996 out of 7,205 in family  1 year ago

you summed up what i was trying to say perfectly in that end bit! i just waffled away lol


myLot reputation of 92/100. Irishfrndly65 (7499)   ranked 687 out of 7,205 in family  1 year ago

lolblush


myLot reputation of 86/100. Hatley (22229)   ranked 354 out of 7,205 in family  5 months ago

hi irishfrndly65 yes indeed that stuff should be outlawed.'
we hAd to work at our marriage to make it a good and great'
marriage. we both had our own issues and if we had not been'both friends and lovers and worked out all issues we could never
have been happy. we learned along the way, cancer came, heart attacks came, we lost a child at 8 years but we stuck it out and helped eachother.Actually reality is more fun than happily ever after.
My hubby had a rich sense of humor and his laughter inspired mine and made us both happy.


myLot reputation of 92/100. Irishfrndly65 (7499)   ranked 687 out of 7,205 in family  5 months ago

Thank you ma'am!


myLot reputation of 86/100. Hatley (22229)   ranked 354 out of 7,205 in family  2 months ago

hi irish you are most welcomehappylollol

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6. myLot reputation of 95/100. mands61123 (840)   ranked 996 out of 7,205 in family   1 year ago

hey hatley good question to me happily ever after is just that a fairy tale the wonderful notion that you have when your a kid where your imagination can run wild where anything is possible where you can dream to be an astronaut and no one will ever think your silly for doing so. The we grow up and abide by a different set of rules we still imagine, we still dream just with more boundaries.

I think the only people that are happy all the time either live in their own dream world and have yet to come into the real one or have a mental condition. Sometimes i'd like to be there cos sometimes this life sucks but if i didn't have to bad i truely don't think i'd appreciate the good. I like the variety when things are all wonderful and rosey i get a sense of impending doom, i convince myself somethings going to happen because people don't live happily all the time. I like life but my life is no fairy tale and i like it that way, bring on the happy and the sad. I like to appreciate and grow as a person and i like to be realistic and understand that a wonderful life/marriage can be just that even if you do get mad, argue and fight the fact that you still love, trust and support each other 90% of the time is what counts and that bad patch makes you appreciate each other and makes your relationship (hopefully) stronger.

So i say happily ever after is unachievable i'll just take the happy and after thank you lol


myLot reputation of 92/100. Irishfrndly65 (7499)   ranked 687 out of 7,205 in family  1 year ago

Well you outdid me for sure. Well said to YOU! thumbuphappyw00t


myLot reputation of 86/100. Hatley (22229)   ranked 354 out of 7,205 in family  5 months ago

hi mands one yr later but happily after ever is just not true.
we have trials and tests and spats, and loving and making up.
laughter and tears,cancer and heart problems,loss of a child'but we loved and we learned and we laughed and we loved and it was
a great marriage.


myLot reputation of 95/100. mands61123 (840)   ranked 996 out of 7,205 in family  5 months ago

forgotten all about this i was on a bit of a foll there if i do say so myself thanks 'rish*blushes* agreed hatley it is what is i'll take whatever i got*winks*


myLot reputation of 95/100. mands61123 (840)   ranked 996 out of 7,205 in family  5 months ago

roll what the 'ell a foll is i have no idea boo to not being able to edit posts lol


myLot reputation of 86/100. Hatley (22229)   ranked 354 out of 7,205 in family  2 months ago

hi mands61123 thats why I love firefox as it has a spelling
checker so I can edit as I go along as for some reason
my spelling goes bye bye if I type a very long piece . lollollol


myLot reputation of 95/100. mands61123 (840)   ranked 996 out of 7,205 in family  2 months ago

i'm on firefox hun so theres just no hope for me lol


myLot reputation of 86/100. Hatley (22229)   ranked 354 out of 7,205 in family  2 months ago

dont give up and anyway we all make errors so there. happyhappyhappy


myLot reputation of 95/100. mands61123 (840)   ranked 996 out of 7,205 in family  2 months ago

it used to really bother me now i just blame it on the tablets lol

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7. myLot reputation of 91/100. Rosekitty (4810)   ranked 1,066 out of 7,205 in family   1 year ago

Hatley..I personally don't know very many that had a storybook marriage except for 2 of my Aunts..now they still have romantic love and stories to tell and all of us kids could see it when we were younger to Adults..sadly all my Uncles have died..seems the Women outlive the Men..
I never wanted that type of life but i know you had it...
Great marriage or storybook..unless we live with everyone who are we to really know, but i'm sure we all have our little complaints about someone so its whatever we want it to be and thats all that counts right?
Huggs


myLot reputation of 86/100. Hatley (22229)   ranked 354 out of 7,205 in family  5 months ago

hi rosekitty nope ours was not a fairytale wedding or marriage it wa s a real one we learned we laughed we fought and made u p, we learned to know each other and we were both lovers and best friends.we went through cancer and heart disease, we lost a child but we managed because we supported each other friends and lovers.

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8. myLot reputation of 88/100. ladygator (1232)   ranked 1,547 out of 7,205 in family   1 year ago

Considering Fairies dont have tails maybe we can decide that its a farse from the getgo. I do see this. This is also somewhat in the same lines as I was noticing with all the reality shows, like wifeswap, nanny, stuff like that. It seems like so many people like to watch them because it shows them what real life is really like. Its not all shiney and smiley all the time. There is tons of love in my home but its definatly Not happy all the time.


myLot reputation of 86/100. Hatley (22229)   ranked 354 out of 7,205 in family  5 months ago

hi ladygator life is more fun than fairytales anyway as you live and learn and are f riends and lovers both,you laugh together and cry together and learn together. you weather cancer and heart disease, and lose a child but we survived because we supported eachother we were there for each other.

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9. jedd_opalla (39)   ranked 4,503 out of 7,205 in family   1 year ago

personally I don't believe in happily ever afters. It might sound bad, but considering that there are many broken families where parents, after deciding to spend the rest of their lives together, decide to separate. It is true that there comes a point when after separation someone new comes along, but my concept of 'happily ever after' is that 'two persons decide to live together for the rest of their lives' regardless of the tough turns along the way. It's the fact that they stay together. As I've read from For One More Day by Mitch Albom, 'it's sticking together that makes it a family'.

So if two people decide to part ways, their promise of forever is not true anymore. and it doesn'y matter if they find someone new.


myLot reputation of 88/100. ladygator (1232)   ranked 1,547 out of 7,205 in family  1 year ago

I love what you said. Its so true, I have not looked at it like that before. But My husband and I look at it that way. That promise of forever means something to us.


jedd_opalla (39)   ranked 4,503 out of 7,205 in family  1 year ago

it's nice to hear that there are still couples that value ever after. You made me smile!


myLot reputation of 86/100. Hatley (22229)   ranked 354 out of 7,205 in family  5 months ago

hi happily ever after still doesnt ring true one yer later'but loved ajd friendship go together beautifully to help each other to find a happy medium, we loved and laughed and learned about each other,we were best fiends, we had cancer and heart problems,we lost a child,'ihad to have a hysterectomy but we did it together we supported each other you do that for friends And lovers.

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10. myLot reputation of 90/100. TessWhite (2028)   ranked 1,170 out of 7,205 in family   1 year ago

I wish I could say I've had a happy life. Unfortunately this one hasn't been all that happy. My 22 year marriage was a nightmare that finally ended, only to be replaced with disabiling illness. I've come to the conclusion that I can only do the best I can with what I've been dealt this life, and hope that I'll learn whatever lessons I am here to learn. So that my next life maybe won't be so stressful and unhappy. Happily ever after? Maybe for some, but it isn't the case with me and my life.


myLot reputation of 86/100. Hatley (22229)   ranked 354 out of 7,205 in family  5 months ago

hi tesswhite one yr later I am cleaning up all the discussions I left behind during the badlast year for me.I feel sad to read you hAve had a nightmare of a marriage then got sick.but you Are so right we can only do the best we can with the cards we are given and they have been bAd for me too.I am in a retirement center Gold Crest while my son is in govpaid housing to have a place to live while he hunts for work.
not what I would like but what must be for now.

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