Ending suggestions for a romance story

[ThrillingHuman]

mc finds inner peace and stops caring about all that shit while the bully and the rest are still stuck in the rat race, worrying and suffering over useless things even if they find success.
You could also show that the bully didn't really care about the mc all this time and the mc was obsessing over him because he himself felt the need to blame his failures on someone else.
Or even go a step further and make the "bully" a delusion that the mc made up. His childhood friend wasn't ntr'd she just abandoned him.
His boss didn't bully him, he just sucked at his job.
He was not in a relationship with the neighbour, he was just a stalker.
And by the end he dropped it all and became a new person.

 

[TheUnsuspicious]

So I was working on a romance story that invokes a lot of emotions. When I reached the ending, my brain shut down. I didn't know how to end the story, in a satisfying way. So a little background to the story I'm currently working on...

3 major characters (I haven't thought of their names yet): MC, childhood friend, and the bully

It starts out as your generic story of MC is in love with his childhood friend, but he gets bullied by bully. Childhood friend falls in love with bully because she believes she can "change" him. MC moves on with his life after childhood friend is impregnated with bully's child (yes, I know this is straight up an NTR, bare with me real quick), and he finds a new job; however, MC discovers that he is working under bully's management, and he proceeds to get his ass bullied at work by bully. The worst part is he starts a relationship with his neighbor, and said neighbor is having an affair with bully. MC makes a life-changing decision, and he travels to India. And this is where I stopped and wondered how I wanted to end this story.

I know at the end of his travel, MC becomes more matured, well-mannered, and straight up gigachad status. Because originally, I wanted to tell a story that questions how one path that is deemed "good" is punishable, whereas the other seen "bad" is rewardable, and understanding why both path leads to the same objective.

Originally, I was going to have bully put to jail for not evading child support and cheating whereas the MC enjoys his newly found life. But I thought that was a bit of a copeout. I don't know. Maybe I'm thinking way too much into this. What are suggestions of endings I should go for?

Ultimately, I was aiming for the MC to reach a path that is devoid of attachment, and fulfilment of his good deeds both past and current actions. Yet also retaining the fact that he was pained and bullied his entire life by a particular individual who essentially "stole" everything from him while not facing consequences until it all catches up to them.

Again, what are suggestions for an ending?

where's the romance in this? ?

I am not sure what do you mean by devoid of attachment? how can a man be devoid of attachment? and even if he is, who would want that? I cant see that as a lesson or something to follow at all. whats wrong with attachment? why must we be devoid of it?

From what I see, the MC is the problem. the childhood case doesnt seem to be his fault and more like the girl being a dumbass thinking that she can change a bully. so you should probably punish her for doing such a stupid decision (nothing wrong with not choosing MC, the dumb decision is choosing a bully thinking that she can change him. Thats just too idealistic and way out of the world)

However, the neighbour case is a problem. why would a girl choose a bully that clearly has attitude problem over her own bf? either the MC is just that bad. or that the neighbour is mental... which means the MC should probably check his eyes cause clearly he has been constantly choosing the wrong girl.

if i am the one writing this story, the MC will be in the path of self improvement. to realize his mistake and not focusing on something completely out of his control. For example, why did the neighbour decides to cheat? is it that the bully was so captivating to women? or is he just that bad at being a bf? and since he is going to india, you can make him meet with a monk and stayed with them to learn for a few years. there he will learn how to be wiser and more mature.

the lesson to take here would be that rather than blaming the world for being so different to human's ideal. It is better to focus on yourself instead. And although the world differs depending on your perspective, your world is shaped by who you associate with. if you choose bad people, then the world will be filled with bad people.

I just dont see why devoid of attachment is a good thing to have in a realistic world. what youre doing is just closing yourself from any emotion, aka you are scared of getting hurt from being attached.

I would rather learn how to have a good healthy mindset. sure i wont get rewarded each time. but such is life. Acceptance is still better than denial or refusal.