A comment under a trending breakup story read: “From day one, I knew it was meant to happen between them.” Framing a couple’s pain as something “meant to happen” dresses hindsight gossip in prophecy clothing. It rewrites unpredictable human behavior into destiny just to score intellectual points.
Relationships don’t fail because they’re scripted to; they collapse through real patterns—infidelity, manipulation, incompatibility, emotional withdrawal, or lack of accountability. Comments like this shame vulnerability, glamorize fatalism, and subtly reward emotional spectatorship over empathy. It trains audiences to celebrate being “right” about heartbreak instead of learning how to spot abuse early, support victims, or understand complexity.
The true red flag isn’t separation itself—it’s a culture that treats relationships like movies with predictable endings and trauma like plot satisfaction. Pain isn’t proof of destiny. Growth is proof of insight.
