{"id":8696,"date":"2012-05-23T10:50:57","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T14:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/?p=8696"},"modified":"2012-05-23T10:50:57","modified_gmt":"2012-05-23T14:50:57","slug":"and-they-lived-happily-ever-after","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/23\/and-they-lived-happily-ever-after\/","title":{"rendered":"And They Lived Happily Ever After&#8230;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThey Lived Happily Ever After\u201d; a sentence we have grown on hearing from the days we were kids. From the days we used to read <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8698\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"HappilyEverAfter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/HappilyEverAfter.jpg?resize=200%2C238\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"238\" \/>fairy tales and presently reading romance books, and watching movies and TV. Most of them end with this common theme suggesting to the readers and viewers that everything always ended up, um, happily ever after.<\/p>\n<p>When I was younger I dreamed of what my life would be like in the future. I was always looking for my happily ever after, prince and all. Problem was I seemed to always attract frogs. I have yet to meet the person or persons that would qualify, not sure if I ever will or if I believe in HEA anymore.\u00a0 Does that sound cynical? I think I\u2019m just being realistic, so much for my dream. <strong>But the big question really is, \u201cIs it possible to still be hopeful even though we are living in a world that seems to suggest otherwise? Would do you think, can we have HEA, or is it just left for our romance books. 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