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I work in a hospital (not a nurse or medical staff) and you'd be fucking appalled by how common this is.
Serious illnesses can be horrifying to watch someone go through and poverty routinely seperates loved ones.
Standing by someone in a terrible - perhaps terminal - condition is absolutely an incredible challenge and shouldn't be dismissed as anything less than that.
A big reason you want to stand by your partner in perilous circumstances is because you want them to be there for you. And another big reason is because you might not get any more moments together than this, so make them last.
In a place like America, where sick days are a luxury and health care can still bankrupt you, being at someone's bedside is a cross to bare. Be happy when you're not carrying it. Don't be so quick to judge when someone else can't.
Yeah, I hate these stories for the amount of Big Ethical Talk it beings out in people. "I would stand by my partner no matter what" is the "I could fight a bear" of emotional labor. Unless you've had a serious illness or been very close to someone who has (not parents or siblings, a voluntary relationship), then you just really don't know what you're talking about.
Can you shed some light over this part