4 Famous Couples That Can Never Break Up

To meet, to know, to love, and then to part, is the sad tale of many a heart.”  As I’m sure you’ve all heard, Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson broke up. *Cue surprise*

Yes, yes, we all saw it coming. Common sense says you should probably wait until your relationship is older than a Brita filter* before buying a house and getting matching tattoos and a teacup pig together. That’s beside the point. It’s yet another poignant reminder that love can be fleeting and fragile, no matter how brightly it burns in its inception. This is the risk we all take when we bind ourselves to another very publicly and after only a couple weeks. And it’s okay to change your mind. Sometimes it’s for the best, even. People are allowed to break up.

*WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS*

There are a few famous couples that are, quite simply, not allowed to break up. The sadness would be too vast, my heart too broken, my faith in the possibility of fairy tale love and happily ever after dashed to pieces. Imagine if Cinderella just packed up her glass slippers and her mice friends and moved out because she and Prince Charming had irreconcilable differences. Or if Mr. Darcy came home to Pemberley to find his shit on the lawn and the locks changed because he lost their 10k a year at the gambling hall again. There are just some people who are supposed to stay together forever, for the good of the world and common morale. The couples that are the pinnacle of relationship goals.  Here they are, in order of how grievously my heart would be broken if they ever went separate ways.

4) Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh

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If right now you’re asking “um….who?”, let me educate you. Peter Jackson is the quirky Kiwi director best known for a small indie film project called The Lord of the Rings. What a lot of people (those who haven’t watched copious hours of BTS footage) don’t know is that he worked on those movies with the help of his long-time partner Fran Walsh. In fact, Fran has worked on all of Peter’s movie projects since the mid-80s, as a screenwriter, producer, and composer. She has three Oscar wins and 7 Oscar nominations to her name. You know how people say they love their spouse but could never work together? Yeah, not this couple. How cute is it the person he trusts most to make movies with is his lady love? There’s obviously an enormous amount of respect, trust, and friendship between them. If a relationship can survive a grueling, decade long process of adapting and filming not one but two of the world’s most beloved fantasy novels, what can’t it survive? I’ll be honest, I would have bailed midway through The Hobbit.

3)Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively

Aside from being just an absurdly beautiful couple, these two excel at hilariously trolling each other on social media, a relational trait that I heavily identify with and which I’m sure my husband adores.

Happy Birthday to my amazing wife. pic.twitter.com/7vulMXqOdp

— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) August 26, 2017

Ryan Reynolds maybe be witty and gorgeous, but Blake keeps him humble by pointing out that he’s a serious failure in the kitchen.

There’s nothing more heartwarming than two people lovingly disparaging each other in front of millions of followers. Never stop, guys.

2) Barack and Michelle Obama

I can’t even with these two. Classy. Intelligent. Affectionate. They are obviously still wild about each other even after 26 years, two kids, and two presidential terms together. They sing each other’s praises and confess their love on social media like a couple of lovesick teenagers. You know, lovesick teenagers who gradated from Harvard and Princeton and led the free world with dignity and aplomb.

Happy 25th anniversary @barackobama. A quarter of a century later, you’re still my best friend & the most extraordinary man I know. I ? you. pic.twitter.com/y0nevQmatB

— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) October 3, 2017

 

Swoon. On our last anniversary, not only did I not say anything on social media but I’m pretty sure I wrote “I’m on my period, maybe next year” in his card. That’s equally romantic, right?

I’m not crying YOU’RE crying.

1)John Krasinski and Emily Blunt

Jim and Pam from The Office are my favorite TV couple ever, and as the man who brought Jim Halpert to life, John Krasinski has my undying love and devotion. But it’s his adorable love for his real life wife that is absurdly endearing. Did you know he’s seen The Devil Wears Prada “give or take 72 times”? And that he cried the first time he heard her sing? And then there’s the way that they look at each other.

They look at each other in a way I have only ever looked at 5lb tub of peanut M&Ms (thanks, Costco). If John and Emily don’t work out (which they’re allowed….I suppose), just go home. Love is dead. There isn’t enough cheap red wine in the world to drink away that pain.

What famous couples are you emotionally attached to? Which ones personify your #relationshipgoals?

_{*I stole this example from Parks and Recreation, because it’s brilliant}

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