Fairy Tale Syndrome: All fairy tales like Cinderella, Snow-white and
Seven dwarfs and many others talk about a fairy
God mother or a prince charming
saving the beautiful young girl who is being ill-treated by another significant
other women [step mother, step sisters]. Similarly during the process of
separation the parting partners hope to find a hero or fairy Godmother to save them
from their ill fate and fight for them. Sadly end of marriage also ends the
hope of being saved by someone thus making the underpowered partner to self
depend and take responsibility of their happiness and freedom thus enabling them
to find their wings. When one set of choices end that is the time of new
opportunities to begin. This self-responsibity helps the partner to
move away from blame and takes the person towards the path of forgiving the
partner who has hurt them.
Written by Anu Mehta
