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

Comas come in many varieties. I'd defer to the doctors' opinions as to whether or not there's any chance of recovery. This comes awfully close to essentially being the Terry Schiavo question.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

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Posted by a_dictator
Sorry but to say it like that, but if you seriously think about dating someone else while your wife's lying in coma, you're a fucking idiot. You married her because you promised that you'll always be there for her, in good and in hard times. So here's a hard time and you fucking have to deal with it.

Of course, by this same reasoning divorce is absolutely, unequivocally out of the question. You're not allowed to arbitrarily break your vows simply because the two of you don't like each other anymore. Even though humans are fallible and make poor choices in relationships, even though shit happens to one another, your wedding vows trump all other considerations.

This is the kind of hardcore shit that brought down Jim Bakker. You can't do that. The unfortunate truth of the matter is, expecting mere words said in a church to be eternally binding forever and ever is holding human beings to an impossible standard.

Also, loving everyone's responses to Lurker here.

There's nowhere I can't reach.