Yet he told me not long ago that, the closer he gets to retirement, the more regrets he has. I could have tried harder. I'm tired, so very tired, but I'm not satisfied. We want stories with happy endings. Boy gets girl.
Girl gets boy.
Both get jobs. They live happily ever after. But life, like the Bible, is messier than that. When the romantic haze lifts, the person you married turns out to have a few annoying habits. The boss at your dream job turns out to be jerk.