Life happened 

An idiomatic way of describing normal life as having undermined one's plans.

We were going to travel the world and have all sorts of adventures, but we had the mortgage to pay, my parents needed someone to look in on them, I lost my job, Cheryl got pregnant - you know, life happened - and all those grand plans were forgotten.

Life happened by AllHandlesAlreadyInUse July 31, 2016

Life happened 

A term used to appreciate that certain situations, while the fault of someone or some group, was perhaps destiny.

Life happened and everyone moved on.

Life happened by Ereck Flowers March 3, 2015