There’s a reason why the storybooks and cartoons don’t ever show what comes on the other side of the “happily ever after” in a relationship. Ten years down the road, with mortgage bills, broken-down cars, and screaming tots, ever after begins to look a lot less happy. And it certainly doesn’t look romantic. Younger couples who are still new in their relationships and have their whole futures still waiting down the road, look over at older couples and think, “Oh my gosh, I never want to be there!” And maybe they think that they never will be.









