...you couldn't ask a person to remain supportive through any crisis. If a man's wife were suddenly afflicted with a mental illness, it would be a sin for him to leave her, but a forgivable one. To stay would mean accepting a different kind of relationship, something not everyone was cut out for...'Division by Zero
Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others
faithfulness, moving-on, relationship, sacrifice-for-others, understanding