Expectation:
After the kids go to bed, you'll meet in the living room to exchange thoughtful gifts, talk, cuddle, and possibly
slow dance to your wedding song.
Plus, some of the tweaks to the traditional tale, like having Ella meet but not recognize the prince, introduce credibility issues of their own: she finally works it out only
after going to the Ball and
dancing a whole
dance with him while everyone else looks on, which doesn't so much suggest «blinded by love,» as «tragically
slow on the uptake.»