Everyone is familiar with the age-old phrase “happily ever after.” It’s usually found at the end of a storybook after the damsel-no-longer-in-distress hops on a white charger and gets whisked off into the sunset with her knight. But the sad thing is, no one ever hears from that damsel again.

After marriage, it seems pop culture leaves the wives of the world out in the proverbial cold. The story ends, and the rest of the damsel’s life is summed up in those three infamous words: happily ever after.

How unfortunate, because this gap encompasses not only momentous events but also the activities and questions we deal with every day of our newly married lives. Did you ever hear about Cinderella figuring out what to do with Prince Charming’s ugly bachelor furniture? Or Snow White beginning her family planning? Of course not, but this is the stuff of life.