okay try and see gravity falls from emma-may's perspective
you marry a smart, kind man who knows how to do everything from fixing the radiator to harvesting crops. he has a bright future ahead of him and the things he shows you are incredible. he truly seems like the dream man and you two have your whole lives ahead of you. the wedding and honeymoon go over smoothly, and you're excited to start a family.
you become pregnant with his child, and he supports you the whole way through while he works on his other baby, his computers. he's really making a breakthrough on this. he sure is something special.
you raise your child through the difficult infant stages, hand in hand. he's a great father and role model. you hope one day he'll take tate into the family business, especially with how much of a bright kid he seems to be turning out to be.
one day, he gets a call and accepts a job offer in another state. he packs his bags and leaves you to look after the kid yourself, kissing you and telling you he'll call every day.
every time he calls you, he sounds thrilled. he gushes about the exciting discoveries he's having with his business partner. monsters and man eating plants are real. you laugh along, not sure if this is a joke.
the calls and visits become less and less frequent. he goes a long time without visiting, but at least he'll be home for christmas.
you prepare a christmas dinner. you've picked out a few gifts for him, things you're sure he'll love. you greet him with a kiss, but he seems distant. he sits down to eat, and after eating the meal you'd spent hours on, the presents are opened.
you both give tate his presents, and you give your husband yours. he takes them, and he thanks you. but he doesn't give you anything.
you've been singlehandedly raising a child, his child, while he runs around doing who knows what with a 'lab partner' that he won't stop talking about, and he didn't even give you the time of day to spend a couple minutes to buy you something.
you yell. you cry. you cause a scene. instead of comforting you and apologising, he leaves the house and you don't see him for the rest of christmas day.
you don't see him for months after, and when he finally comes home, he's different. he isn't the same man you married. his behaviour is erratic, he keeps forgetting your name, his hair is going white.
he scares you, and he scares your son.
you divorce him, and think you can finally be free of all this.
but, as you arise in the morning, you hear the loud screeching of a huge robotic pterodactyl outside your window...