Your loved one falls into a coma. Do you start dating again?

Anyone who says they wouldn't start dating after 5-10 years of a comotose spouse has never had to say goodbye to someone they cared for.

There's only so long you can mourn for someone.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Umma

Well, that doesn't apply to everyone. There must be some people that would never leave their spouse. Some old fashioned people don't date even after their spouse has died; think if there's the slightest chance to get him/her back.

Yes, and many of thsoe people who never remarry are in their twilight years.

Do you think a 30 year old will have the same opinion as a 70 year old? Consider the question carefully.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

So this woman was in a coma for a long, long time. Something like five or ten years, right? But her husband loved her dearly, and visited her every day. He would do things like read her the newspaper and talk to her about family, even though she wasn't receptive. Totally devoted.

One day the nurse took him aside before he said hello to her - he always greeted her - and told him some promising news. She was giving him a sponge bath the other day, and while washing a ... sensitive area, the wife responded. It was the faintest of sounds, but the nurse swore that she heard the wife breathe harder than normal. So, the nurse came up with a theory; perhaps if the husband had oral sex with her, maybe she would awaken.

The husband is taken back by such a frank request, but thinks the matter over and agrees. So the nurse left the room, to give them some privacy.

Ten minutes later, some alarms sound in the wife's room, and the nurse comes running in. The husband is kneeling on the bed with his pants around his knees.

"What?"

How ya doing, buddy?

It's simple really. You two made a vow that you would be there for each other. Well, now she's not holding up her end of the bargain. She can't comfort you when you're down or cook your favourite dinner whe you're sick when she's in a damn coma, can she? And those fuckers are expensive, and it's not like she's bringing any money in the relationship anymore. She broke her end of the deal first, is all I'm saying.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Josiah

.You make it sound like the fact that she's "not holding up her end of the bargain" is her fault. Technically she's not,

And that's all that matters. Who cares what her motivations are? As Miss Manners says, actions speak louder than words. She just isn't trying hard enough to get better, that's all.

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Originally Posted by x86

You're just plain stupid, sir.

it is you who is stupid, if you continue being faithful to a woman who hates you so much that she put herself in a fucking coma. Christ, dude. You know she's thinking about another man when the nurse spongebathes her.

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Originally Posted by PiccoloNamek

No. I'm pretty sure I do know that aspect of myself. Introspection is something I have done a lot of in my life, especially concerning issues such as marriage, love, fidelity, and even death.

Avoiding doing anything productive because you're feeling the ennui strongly does not mean you know yourself particularly well, sir. You're basically assuming your needs regarding other people will never change from now, nor will you ever grow or change. If you really believe all that, you are 16 years old, sir.

I was speaking idiomatically.