“I never loved him so that makes it totally okay to cheat” trope in shows and even movies.
"I never loved him so that makes it totally okay to cheat" trope in shows and even movies. Or alternatively "I don't love him anymore". Writers really seem to think we're going to identify with the main characters or love interest when they say that and/or expect us to root for them, which is utterly ridiculous. It also reduces relationships to wishy-washy flights of fancy where one day they wake up and go "oh I'm not into thing" and ...