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Literature: One Day

One Day follows the story of Dexter Mayhew and Emma Morley, who meet and form a friendship as they graduate from university in 1988 and charts the progress of their lives by 'checking in' on their lives annually on the anniversary of the day they met.

A novel by David Nicholls and adapted into a film in 2011 starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess.

This novel contains examples of the following:

Amicably Divorced: Dex and Sylvie.
Anyone Can Die
Better as Friends: What Dex and Emma initially settle on.
Betty and Veronica: Emma is the Betty to all of Dex's other love interests as Veronicas, while he is the Veronica to her Bettys (Ian especially).
Bittersweet Ending
Book Ends: The first day Emma and Dex spent together.
Brainy Brunette: Emma.
The Casanova: Dex, especially in his early years.
Disposable Fiancé: Ian. Their relationship is shown to be one more of convenience than passion.
Hot Dad: Dex becomes one.
Ladykiller In Love: Eventually.
Mood Whiplash: From heartwarming to tearjerker in the space of one traffic accident.
Romantic False Lead: Several. Ian and Sylvie are the most prominent.
Romantic Runner Up: Ian again.
Shotgun Wedding: Implied between Dex and Sylvie once she got pregnant.
Star-Crossed Lovers: Sort of. Their timing is off, and often when one is single the other is not, but also they both need to go through a significant amount of Character Development before being mature enough to handle their own relationship.
Uptown Girl: Inverted. Dex comes from a wealthy, upper-class family and Emma from a more modest background.
What the Hell, Hero?: Emma calls out Dex on his shallow, party-boy lifestyle. As does his mother.
Will They or Won't They?
Your Cheating Heart: Sylvie cheats on Dex with his boss.