If we're going to live our lives based on stories, I have one for you: Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim. Throughout the story, the baker's wife is dreaming of an easier, more romantic life. She lives vicariously through Cinderella for a while, interviewing her after the ball. Near the end of the story she meets Cinderella's husband, Prince Charming, who is roaming through the woods on his way home from a fling with his mistress. Charming and the baker's wife decide to let off a little steam (the woods are very stressful) and have "a moment".
The baker's wife sings a song called "A Moment in the Woods". A few of the lines that I feel may possibly resonate with your story are:
Back to life, back to sense,
Back to child, back to husband,
You can't live in the woods.
There are vows, there are ties,
There are needs, there are standards,
There are shouldn'ts and shoulds.
Why not both instead?
There's the answer, if you're clever:
have a child for warmth,
And a Baker for bread,
And a Prince for whatever-
Never!
It's these woods.
Was that him? yes it was.
Was that me? No it wasn't,
Just a trick of the woods.
Just a moment,
One peculiar passing moment...
Must it all be either less or more,
Either plain or grand?
Is it always "or"?
Is it never "and"?
That's what woods are for:
For those moments in the woods...
Oh. if life were made of moments-
Even now and then a bad one!
But if life were only moments,
Then you'd never know you had one.
Let the moment go.
Don't forget it for a moment, though!
Just remembering you've had an "and",
When you're back to "or",
Makes the "or" mean more
Than it did before.
Now I understand,
And it's time to leave the woods.