"So I said yes, and I went out with him for two years and he asked me to marry him, and we were engaged a year more while I got my things together, and then we did marry."
I touched on this point a little towards the end of my previous blog but I figured it was worth elaborating upon. This story really throws out the traditional fairytale ending. Most stories would have it end with Edie and Chris falling in love, getting married, and flying around the globe until the end of their lives. However, this story doesn't end like that at all. Instead, Edie doesn't even get a letter back from Chris. How romantic? What does happen though is that Edie falls short of the fairytale cliche and marries the mailman she would see everyday waiting on Chris' letter. While it doesn't live up to the usual expectations of a love story, it creates a more realistic perspective on love and marriage. At the end, Edie describes how she enjoys other people being happy and that what makes them happy isn't really what's important. Edie and the mailman are both happy to be married together and enjoy their lives. I think that Munro tries to convey this idea that things are never perfect but that it doesn't prevent us from finding true happiness in a simple life.
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