“Like many people, I consider myself an incurable romantic, and there is a part of me that will always believe in walking off into the sunset to live happily ever after. When I was younger, like many children, I assumed I would get married, live in a nice house, and have a couple of kids. I also assumed this very traditional achievement would bring me endless happiness and romance. So much so, that during my college years I considered girls engaged by graduation to be the epitome of success. Perhaps needless to say, I was not one of those girls.” PeopleYearsBelieveChildrenKidsRomanceGirlHouseNiceCollegeCoupleWalkingAchievementMarriedEndlessTraditionalEngagedSunsetAlways BelieveHappily Ever AfterEver AfterEpitomeNice HouseCollege Years Book:'Till Death Do Us Part: Love, Marriage, and the Mind of the Killer Spouse Source: 'Till Death Do Us Part: Love, Marriage, and the Mind of the Killer Spouse
“And isn't that, at it's core, what the princess fantasy is about for all of us? "Princess" is how we tell little girls that they are special, precious. "Princess" is the wish that we could protect them from pain, that they would never know sorrow, that they will live happily ever after ensconces in lace and innocence.” KnowsLittlesPainHappinessGirlWishFantasySpecialSorrowProtectCoreInnocencePrincessHappily Ever AfterEver AfterLace Author:Peggy Orenstein
“The narrative for girls is that you just hang around and wait to be "chosen" and then you belong to somebody and you live happily ever after. There isn't room for more nuanced concerns about the creepy proprietary nature of that relationship model, or the breadth of what fulfillment really means for women.” MeanGirlWaitingRoomsModelsConcernChosenNarrativeFulfillmentReally MeanCreepyHappily Ever AfterEver AfterBreadth Author:Lindy West
“Happy endings are absolutely ludicrous, they're not true at all. We see the guy carry the girl across the threshold and everybody lives happily ever after -- that's bullshit. Three weeks later he's beating her up and she's suing for divorce and he's got cancer.” GuyGirlThreeWeekCancerDivorceBullshitHappy EndingsThresholdHappily Ever AfterEver AfterSuing Book:Robert Altman: Interviews Source: Robert Altman: Interviews