Imagine you have a debilitating illness. The only way you can get better in the long term is to exchange your partner for a cure. If you don't, you would only live a few years. So, what do you do when you love someone but love yourself even more?
Do you exchange the partner you love, adore and can't do without for a few more precious years, or do you take whatever comes together?
Personally, I wouldn't because I like being loved! So I would prefer a few years together than a longer life alone.
But which would it be for you?