History PlayingWith / StarterMarriage

* '''Exaggerated''': AliceAndBob get married. Three ''months'' later, they get divorced.

* '''Exaggerated''':
** AliceAndBob get married. Three ''days'' later, they get divorced.
** AliceAndBob get married. Three ''hours'' later, they get divorced.
** AliceAndBob's marriage doesn't even last a few seconds before they get divorced.

** The marriage was an AccidentalMarriage; neither of them ''really'' wanted to get married.

** Bob cheated on Alice and/or vice versa.
** Issues that Alice and Bob overlooked [[SexChangesEverything just can't be ignored any longer]].
** Alice and Bob were only trying to honour a FallbackMarriagePact, but discover they will only ever have platonic attachment to each other, and perhaps "someone better" has finally come along of either or both of them.
* '''Inverted''': Alice and Bob get married, have BabiesEverAfter, and [[GrowOldWithMe grow old together.]]

** For whatever reason(s), Alice and Bob neither really work through their problems nor end their trainwreck of a marriage, even though [[JustEatGilligan it would be much better and/or easier to do so]]. They lead an AwfulWeddedLife.
** The marriage is a second [[SerialSpouse (or third...or hundredth)]] marriage for one or both of them.

** The divorce happens, but it happens more than five years down the road.
** AliceAndBob have been together for many years, and have been living together for quite some time before they decide to "make it official".
** AliceAndBob have at least one child together.

** After remarrying each other, they get divorced again.
** Not long after getting officially married, AliceAndBob end up getting divorced.
** The child was the whole reason they got married, right out of HighSchool to boot: Alice found out she was pregnant at the end of her senior year (thanks to a "mistake" on prom night), and had a ShotgunWedding to Bob shortly after graduation. Neither one of them were emotionally ready for either marriage or a baby, and both of them got stuck in crappy jobs and had to put their dreams on hold. All that stress took a toll on their marriage, and they ended up getting divorced before their child even got to preschool.

* '''Enforced''':
** RuleOfDrama; TrueLoveIsBoring, and we want to make this DarkerAndEdgier.
** RelationshipWritingFumble.
** We need to prevent ShippingBedDeath.
** A TakeThat at a FanPreferredCouple the writers don't like.
** DerailingLoveInterests.
** SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism.

** After the divorce, [[DivorceIsTemporary they get back together]] and have a ComedyOfRemarriage.

** Alice and Bob's culture practices actual "starter marriages", and expects people to "upgrade" to a new partner/arrangement as time marches on. People use these exact words, talking as if marriage was like buying a new house, car etc.

** AliceAndBob's get married. They get divorced immediately after the wedding ceremony.

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%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Defied''': Alice turns down the proposal, (or accepts it but insists on having a longer engagement) because she doesn't feel that they are ready for marriage.

* '''Basic Trope''': A short-lived first marriage
* '''Played Straight''': AliceAndBob get married. Three years later, they get divorced.
* '''Exaggerated''': AliceAndBob get married. Three ''days'' later, they get divorced.
* '''Up To Eleven''': AliceAndBob get married. Three ''hours'' later, they get divorced.
* '''Justified''': Alice and Bob married when they were too young and/or emotionally immature.

*** The marriage was an AccidentalMarriage; neither of them ''really'' wanted to get married.

* '''Subverted''': Alice and Bob decide to [[TakeAThirdOption see if they can work through their problems]] before getting divorced.

* '''Double Subverted''': Eventually, they do wind up getting divorced; whatever they tried before (couples' therapy, a trial separation, what have you) simply was not working.

* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':
* '''Parodied''': Alice and Bob go through the motions of the wedding ceremony and a reception, only to have the marriage [[ThatDidntHappen annulled]] immediately afterwards, using the wedding only to obtain attention and accolades from friends and family, and/or gifts.

* '''Lampshaded''': "My first marriage was just a practice round."

* '''Averted''': See "Inverted"
** Alice and Bob don't get married.
* '''Enforced''': RuleOfDrama; TrueLoveIsBoring, and we want to make this DarkerAndEdgier.
** RelationshipWritingFumble
** We need to prevent ShippingBedDeath
** A TakeThat at a FanPreferredCouple the writers don't like.
** DerailingLoveInterests
** SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism
* '''Invoked''': Bob proposes to Alice, his [[HighSchoolSweethearts high school girlfriend]], right after graduation.

* '''Played For Laughs''': See "Parodied"
* '''Played For Drama''': Almost always is.

* '''Exaggerated''': AliceAndBob get married. Three ''months'' later, they get divorced.
* '''Up To Eleven''': AliceAndBob get married. Three ''days'' later, they get divorced.

* '''Enforced''': RuleOfDrama