And unless u marry ur high school sweetheart (and even sometimes then), there is usually a not-so-glorious back story... There are people and places and events that lead u to ur final relationship, people and places and events u'd prefer to forget or at least gloss over... In the end, u can slap a pretty label on it-- like serendipity or fate... Or u can believe that it's just the random way life unfolds...
~ Emily Giffin, Love the One You're With