One Day

One Day follows the story of Dexter Mayhew and Emma Morley, who meet and form a friendship as they graduate from university in 1988 and charts the progress of their lives by 'checking in' on their lives annually on the anniversary of the day they met.

A novel by David Nicholls and adapted into a film in 2011 starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess.


 * Amicably Divorced:  and Sylvie.
 * Anyone Can Die
 * Better as Friends: What Dex and Emma initially settle on.
 * Betty and Veronica: Emma is the Betty to all of Dex's other love interests as Veronicas, while he is the Veronica to her Bettys (Ian especially).
 * Bittersweet Ending
 * Book Ends: The first day Emma and Dex spent together.
 * Brainy Brunette: Emma.
 * The Casanova: Dex, especially in his early years.
 * Disposable Fiance: Ian. Their relationship is shown to be one more of convenience than passion.
 * Hot Dad: Dex becomes one.
 * Ladykiller in Love: Eventually.
 * Mood Whiplash: From heartwarming to tearjerker in the space of.
 * Romantic False Lead: Several. Ian and Sylvie are the most prominent.
 * Romantic Runner-Up: Ian again.
 * Shotgun Wedding: Implied between  and Sylvie once she got pregnant.
 * Star-Crossed Lovers: Sort of. Their timing is off, and often when one is single the other is not, but also they both need to go through a significant amount of Character Development before being mature enough to handle their own relationship.
 * Uptown Girl: Inverted. Dex comes from a wealthy, upper-class family and Emma from a more modest background.
 * What the Hell, Hero?: Emma calls out Dex on his shallow, party-boy lifestyle. As does his mother.
 * Will They or Won't They?
 * Your Cheating Heart:.