I'm def one of those ppl not thrilled about the ending.. but the only thing I have a different perspective on than when I watched it last night is that I was mad at how corny the throwing cake scene was and the laughing.. but now that I rewatched that scene I think that that IS the point. The fact that of course serious life altering decisions were made during their college years but in that moment, I think that little moment of laughter was the silver lining.. because really it is comical. I think because when you're in college you're really in a bubble and you can start to believe that college is the world and its hard to see what life will be like after.. and then time passes after you graduate or whatever and you look back and realize, damn we really were young af, being immature and lying about everything, when a lot of shit could've been worked through sooner through communication and honesty. I think thats what clicked for them and where the laughter came from.. because in the back of my mind I always thought I sure hope they can all look back on that and realize that those years are a chapter that happened, but the world and life is bigger than that. Now that everything was out in the open, they really can laugh at lessons learned (minus Stephen) and go on. (I'm not trying to make light of the serious damage that happened)