I agree with you on this one. When I read the Stockwell Paradox it really reasonated with me. You see traces of it here all the time. Accept and expect the worst and anything that is a positive is just icing.
Not that we should be miserable or anything. Just accepting the reality allows us to find an inner peace.
Me:43 Her:42 M:14 S:9 EA started 2014/03 (or there abouts) PA started 2014/05/30 BD:2014/11/05 I left 2015/10/01 I returned 2015/05/02 She left 2015/06/10 OM still on the go.