Yet Another Hypothetical Situation
With all the talk here about whether we would keep our live-in mate or SO under dire circumstances here is yet another hypothetical situation:
Suppose you met the "love of your life" kind of person. Had a wonderful courtship and then subsequently married. Things are going great, you both have good jobs and are now on your third anniversary. Then something odd begins to happen. Your beloved partner begins to lock him/herself in a bedroom for days and won't come out for no apparent reason. When he/she does come out their behavior is very strange. You barely recognize him/her anymore. He/she loses their job and you are left wondering what to do next. You finally get him/her to a doctor and learn that he/she has a diagnosis of a rare neurological/mental illness that has no cure. Your mate now has regressed to a child and looks to you as the parent. Your family knows what's going on and encourages you to divorce him/her and save yourself. What do you do? Do you stay knowing things will never be any different even with medication or do you divorce your beloved partner in an effort to save yourself?
Suppose you met the "love of your life" kind of person. Had a wonderful courtship and then subsequently married. Things are going great, you both have good jobs and are now on your third anniversary. Then something odd begins to happen. Your beloved partner begins to lock him/herself in a bedroom for days and won't come out for no apparent reason. When he/she does come out their behavior is very strange. You barely recognize him/her anymore. He/she loses their job and you are left wondering what to do next. You finally get him/her to a doctor and learn that he/she has a diagnosis of a rare neurological/mental illness that has no cure. Your mate now has regressed to a child and looks to you as the parent. Your family knows what's going on and encourages you to divorce him/her and save yourself. What do you do? Do you stay knowing things will never be any different even with medication or do you divorce your beloved partner in an effort to save yourself?
