fail to see / look right over *something / miss (looking at *something) / misread *something / not notice *something / overlook

matchmaker / mediator / go-between

matchmaker / go-between

lightheartedly / happily / with a light heart / cheerfully / joyously

end in / result in / come to / amount to

reign <period>

all *one's life / lifelong

years / the number of years

cast aside / quit resolutely / throw away

anecdote / episode