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People who vote for Veronica-Archie are the idealists, the people who say, ‘I’m voting for the glitz, the glamour, the high energy, the sexiness, the ideal [and] they might not even care so much that it’ll only last five years,’” says the Toronto-based registered family, marriage and sex therapist.

Those who yearn to see Archie and Betty get hitched take a more realistic, traditional view, she says. They’re more grounded, are thinking long term and have more of a sense of “for always and forever.

— Reactions to the Archive/Veronica news “[reveal] a lot about how we view relationships”