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** Music/LukeBryan's "Do I"

* In the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' after its [[UnCancelled UnCancellation]], Lois starts [[WrongNameOutburst calling out male celebrities' names during sex]] instead of Peter's. He fears that it's the first step towards a life where all they do is sit at the table across from each other talking about Special K cereal.

* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': Rick is a big proponent of this concept, claiming that "love" is just a chemical cocktail that encourages animals to breed, and that marriage, or any other long-term romance, is doomed to failure, using the collapsing marriage of his daughter Beth and son-in-law Jerry as an example. While his cynical prediction seemingly comes true in the Season 3 premiere [[spoiler: it's ultimately subverted - not only do Beth and Jerry eventually rekindle their marriage after some serious CharacterDevelopment, several seasons later it's revealed that Rick didn't leave his wife Diane at all, she was murdered by the evil Rick Prime.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', Eric Cartman and Heidi Turner's relationship went from being portrayed as SickeningSweethearts in season 20 to this by season 21. Cartman no longer can stand Heidi and is only keeping her around because of [[AttentionWhore the attention she gives him]]. Meanwhile, Heidi is only staying with Cartman because she doesn't want to admit to her friends that she made a bad decision and eventually decides to break up with Cartman in the season finale when she learns that he's a [[ToxicFriendInfluence bad influence]] for her.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' seasons 5 Total Drama All-Stars it is {{Implied}} this is what's happening to Duncan and Gwen relationship. Although their relationship did not deteriorate as it did with Duncan's relationship with Courtney, they're shown to lack chemistry and affection at the start of ''All-Stars''. With them being moved to different teams, Gwen's attempts to make up with Courtney combined with Duncan's attempts to get Courtney's attention eventually causes Gwen to break up with Duncan. It's telling that Duncan's more confused than heartbroken regarding the break-up.

* In ''Series/PeepShow'', [[spoiler:this is what happens after Mark finally gets together with Sophie. It doesn't stop him from marrying her (or, at least, from calling off the ceremony)]].

* In ''[[Film/MrAndMrsSmith2005 Mr. & Mrs. Smith]]'' the eponymous characters' marriage has hit this stage. But it seems that trying to kill each other creates enough [[StuffBlowingUp sparks]] to revitalize the relationship.

* In ''Film/MrAndMrsSmith2005'' the eponymous characters' marriage has hit this stage. But it seems that trying to kill each other creates enough [[StuffBlowingUp sparks]] to revitalize the relationship.

* ''Film/TheWarOfTheRoses'': The marriage of Oliver and Barbara Rose starts out loving and happy, but over the years, their character flaws causes increasing friction, to the point that when the family is ironically at it's peak when it comes to wealth and careers, Barbara finds that she can barely stand her husband anymore. While Oliver isn't quite as hostile, he's completely oblivious to how his controlling and self-centered behavior has affected the marriage. Things quickly spiral into an incredibly destructive DivorceAssetConflict with fatal results for both Roses.

* ''Film/WarOfTheRoses'': The marriage of Oliver and Barbara Rose starts out loving and happy, but over the years, their character flaws causes increasing friction, to the point that when the family is ironically at it's peak when it comes to wealth and careers, Barbara finds that she can barely stand her husband anymore. While Oliver isn't quite as hostile, he's completely oblivious to how his controlling and self-centered behavior has affected the marriage. Things quickly spiral into an incredibly destructive DivorceAssetConflight with fatal results for both Roses.

* ''Series/SexLife'': When the series starts, Billie's marriage to Cooper has grown stale after the had their two kids. They attempt to spice things up, but Billie is drawn by her ex-boyfriend Brad. In Season 2 they separate and start seeing other people after attempting to repair things fails.