All Your Perfects

by Colleen Hoover

But nowhere in that jeweler’s explanation did he say the ring symbolizes eternal happiness. Just eternal love. The problem is, love and happiness are not concordant. One can exist without the other.

I think with any marriage, there are times when couples may feel like the happiness has waned. Life is stressful and for two people to go a lifetime together without encountering rough times and unhappy times is almost impossible. But a couple can be unhappy without falling out of love. In Graham and Quinn’s situation, they lost sight of their happiness. But because of how much they still loved each other, they worked to find that happiness again in another form, rather than walking away from each other as soon as their vision shifted.