Margaret Atwood - "Happy Endings"

I liked this short story, because it was unconventional, and different from the other short stories I have read. The author had different views on "Happy endings", and just endings in general. She was saying that it doesn't really matter what the story is, because they all end the same way: the characters die no matter what. She said that even though the beginning and the middle were interesting, they all end the same way. I also liked how there were different "endings" for different types of people. There was three (sortof) happy endings and a couple of really depressing endings. Even though these endings were sometimes sad, they were somewhat realistic because of the emotions the characters had: unrequited love, anger, hurt an loneliness.

There were six endings in the short story, so I made a seventh.
G.)
John and Mary haven't met in 7 years. They went to college together, and they were actually very close. They just drifted apart over the years. They run into each other at their tennis club, John herding his three kids out to his rusty old minivan, Mary walking in with her expensive racket and her rich fiancée. They meet each other's eyes, and they both take a second to recognize each other. When they do, only John says hello, because Mary is scared of what her husband will do if she speaks with another man, especially one from her past.  After John's awkward hello and Mary's timid nod, they go their separate ways. On the drive home, John thinks about how much Mary has changed. While playing tennis, Mary laughs because John has not changed one bit. Mary was always so courageous. so outgoing. John thinks. He wonders what made her change in the first place. He decides to call her to see why she was so afraid to acknowledge his presence. As John looks down and reaches for his phone, a truck joins his lane on the freeway, and smashes the whole car. The story was big on the news, but since Mary isn't allowed to watch the news, she never found out. For the rest of her life, she can't figure out why she never saw John again at the tennis club.