Where Did ‘Happily Ever After’ Come From?
"And they lived happily ever after" is a whimsical phrase that has been echoed in fairy tales and children's stories for centuries. In essence, "happily ever after" creates the illusion of a neatly wrapped ending, free of loose strings and full of smiles. Nowadays, it's also used to liken modern
events to fairy tales, as in: "They moved into their dream home in the country with a white picket fence and lived happily ever after." Not exactly a universal fairy tale, but certainly a picture-perfect ending for the characters in a romantic comedy. To understand where this phrase came from,...
