One of the rarities in entertainment seems to be the happy relationship. Characters start out or quickly become single or marriages are rocky. The why is obvious. There are a lot of story possibilities if you can introduce a new romantic protagonist. I do it myself.
But I would love to see more stories in which the romantic couple is happy and thriving. I recently thought of this when I rewatched the last episode of season one of
Medium, because season two, disc one arrived from Netflix (and the episode was a two-part, season 1/2 cliffhanger). The relationship between the heroine and her husband is strained as the season goes on. It's sad and frustrating to watch.
But take another, similar show,
The Ghost Whisperer. Again, I've only seen season one, but I enjoyed it. The relationship between Jennifer Love Hewitt's character and her husband is happy. They're committed to each other. Even the one episode where they fought, you still had the impression the two characters were madly in love, that the fight wasn't a relationship-ender. I want to see more shows, more books, where this is the case.
Joss Whedon, I believe, was once quoted as saying that relationships in stories have to be bad or troublesome to be interesting, yet the marriage of Zoe and Wash in
Firefly was fantastic. Let's see more of those in fiction.
This message brought to you by someone two weeks from her 14th wedding anniversary with the greatest guy in the world.