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* In ''Fanfic/AmazingFantasy,'' MJ divorces Peter not because he wouldn't have a child with her (they have one Mayday Parker), but because she grew tired of worrying about him not dying on every superhero adventure and his inability to ignore his ChronicHeroSyndrome long enough to be a father and a husband. He's deeply regretful because of this and almost feels cursed with his insistence on ComesGreatResponsibility.

* Inverted in the non-Katherine endings of ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}''. Vincent's girlfriend Katherine breaks up with him for non-priority reasons (Vincent cheated on her with the titular Catherine while drunk[[spoiler:, or so they think]]), but he can choose not to win her back because of his life goals. In the non-Katherine endings, he decides that her ideal route of settling down to a stable life isn't what he wanted, and runs off to [[spoiler:space as a tourist, or marry Catherine and usurp Nergal as Lord of the Netherworld]], depending on the ending.
* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition,'' no matter what, a romanced Solas [[spoiler:will dump Lavellan shortly before the final battle, partly due to his desire to restore ancient Elvhenan and his belief that she (as the Herald of Andraste and figurehead of the modern world) would never support his goals]]. In ''Trespasser'' [=DLC=], after she [[spoiler:learns of his true nature and goals, she can confirm that she cannot allow him to destroy the current world to restore the old one, and vow to either destroy him or change his mind.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'', Scrooge and Goldie have [[SlapSlapKiss great chemistry,]] all the same interests, and the same obsession with treasure. As with so many relationships, theirs is ruined by the details. Goldie only cares about [[AffablyEvil achieving her ends,]] while Scrooge is [[MrViceGuy concerned with the means.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', this is seemingly the cause of Leela's LeavingYouToFindMyself moment in Season 6 finale "Overclockwise." She has ambitions beyond her dead-end job at Planet Express and wants to understand where her [[RelationshipRevolvingDoor on-and-off relationship with Fry]] is heading, while Fry likes the job and is content to take life as it comes, although he's clear that he wants to be with Leela forever. [[spoiler:The problem is solved by the end of the episode when Bender, [[ItMakesSenseInContext who's received some insight into their future,]] gives them a written trajectory of how their life together will play out; we don't get to see it, but their reactions make it clear that they're both very much on board with his prediction.]]

-->'''Charlene:''' Vanessa Doofenshmirtz, your father is not ''evil.'' We just didn't get along. We wanted different things!\\

SisterTrope to the WetBlanketWife, who has priorities her husband doesn't. Compare LoveCannotOvercome, CreativeDifferences, MarriedToTheJob, ItsNotYouItsMe, SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome, and ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies. Contrast ProxyBreakup, MinorFlawMajorBreakup and ToiletSeatDivorce.

* ''Fanfic/{{Dermabrasion}}'': During the epilogue, Natsuo's girlfriend decides to permanently move to Londen, pursuing her Masters and a career there. Natsuo isn't willing to move, or to commit to such a LongDistanceRelationship, so the two break up, much to his unhappiness.

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* {{Implied}} in ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder'' to be part of the reason Jane and Thor broke up. During the montage of their relationship, Thor is shown looking at a baby in a stroller while Jane is completely dedicated to her job.

** [[spoiler:Some of the “bad” and “neutral” epilogues involve some form of this.]]
** [[spoiler:Defied in the “good” Lily epilogue. The protagonist realizes that Lily is leaving the diner for good, and he realizes that he doesn’t want to stay at the diner for the rest of his life, so he leaves everything to Amanda and leaves to travel with Lily.]]

-->'''Charlene:''' Vanessa Doofenshmirtz, your father is not ''evil.'' We just didn't get along. We wanted different things!
-->'''Vanessa:''' Was one of those things "to be evil"? [[NotHyperbole Because he's evil.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons,'' this was the fate of Marge and Stefane August, a college professor she briefly dated when she and Homer were broken up in the WholeEpisodeFlashback "That '90s Show." She left him after discovering that he didn't believe in marriage, while she intended to be married one day.

* Reversed in the Sam Raimi ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy''. Though Peter and MJ do eventually get together, differing priorities -- particularly in the flavor of "ComesGreatResponsibility" -- are part of what keeps them apart for the first two films; and, indeed, MJ can only begin serious romantic overtures with Peter ''after'' she becomes his SecretKeeper.