Heres my take. A guy has an affair while traveling and immediately regrets it. Chagrin - despair and humiliation. He goes home and his wife knows, or possibly he tells her. More chagrin. Therrs no fighting or yelling or fireworks. Her world turns upside down and she leaves him. They both feel distressed and humiliated. So falls Chagrin Falls.
Heres my take. A guy has an affair while traveling and immediately regrets it. Chagrin - despair and humiliation. He goes home and his wife knows, or possibly he tells her. More chagrin. Therrs no fighting or yelling or fireworks. Her world turns upside down and she leaves him. They both feel distressed and humiliated. So falls Chagrin Falls.