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While the two protagonists are separated, one or both of them usually realizes that they are ideal for each other, or that they are in love with each other.

Then, after one of the two makes some spectacular effort ( sometimes called the grand gesture ) to find the other person and declare their love, or through an astonishing coincidental encounter, the two meet again.

Then, perhaps with some comic friction or awkwardness, they declare their love for each other and the film ends happily.

The couple does not, however, have to marry, or live together " happily ever after ".

The ending of a romantic comedy is meant to affirm the primary importance of the love relationship in its protagonists ' lives, even if they physically separate in the end ( e. g. Shakespeare in Love, Roman Holiday ).< ref > Mernit, Billy.

Writing the Romantic Comedy ( Harper Collins, 2000 ), ordered by year of release.