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* Initially played straight and then finally averted on ''[[General Hospital]]''. Dr Monica Quartermaine was introduced on the show as the wife of Dr Jeff Webber. It was quickly revealed that she had once been engaged to Jeff's brother, Rick and only married Jeff on the rebound after Rick dumped her and then was promptly presumed dead in Africa. When Rick came [[Back from the Dead]], Monica resumed her pursuit of Rick, but after he became involved with Dr Lesley Williams, Monica decided not to settle for staying married to Jeff and divorced him.

* On ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', Helo was originally in love with Boomer, who was in love with Chief Tyrol. Helo fell in love with Athena, a copy of the same Cylon model as Boomer, when they were set up together by the Cylons on the planet Caprica, thinking that she was Boomer. Helo married Athena some time after learning the truth, and they became arguably the series' most stable couple.

* Prior to the beginning of ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', Catelyn Tully had been betrothed to Brandon Stark. But after Brandon was killed by King Aerys Targaryen, Catelyn instead married Eddard Stark, Brandon's younger brother. By the beginning of the series, Eddard and Catelyn are [[Happily Married]] with five children.

* On ''[[Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman]]'', the backstory of Loren and Dorothy is revealed to be this—he had courted her back in their younger days before she abruptly married someone else. Her sister consoled him and they ended up marrying.