Happily Ever After Doesn’t Look the Way You Think It Does
But that doesn’t mean it isn’t worth having or pursuing.
Everybody grew up on the idea that successful relationships last “until death do you part.” In fact, everyone’s heard those words so often, they’ve forgotten what they really mean — that if you and your partner beat the odds and don’t simply break up at some point, one of you will have to deal with losing the other to death someday.
It’s the kind of thing you don’t picture ever having to deal with yourself, especially when you’re still young. You think you have time. You think you have lots of room left to figure things out. Until reality slaps you in the face like a wet rag and shows you how wrong you are.
Like a lot of people who loved Sex and the City back in the day, my husband and I watched the reboot recently — And Just Like That. And like many other fans, we’d also spent six seasons of the original show plus two movies thoroughly invested in the iconic relationship between Carrie Bradshaw and John James Preston (aka Mr. Big).
We especially liked that while they certainly had their issues, Carrie and Big were ultimately given a classic “happily ever after”— marriage followed by a loving relationship that remained close and rewarding. Until — SPOILER ALERT — And Just Like…
