My wife and I have always argued over who gets to go first (as if you have any real choice). Six weeks ago I had four cardiac arrests in a row and became a statistical anomoly for both being alive and having my complete mental faculties afterwards. More than anything, the thought of me dying and leaving her to that pain breaks me up. I hope this frankenstein heart the doctors hooked me up with goes the distance. After all the love she has given me over the last 34 years she deserves to miss out on that grief.
That's a lovely sentiment and I am starting to feel that way too. Weird, you spend your whole life looking for love like this thinking it's going to solve all your problems, only to realize once you found it that you can't keep it forever.
My husband and I never argued about it. He always said I'd go first because he could never leave me alone like that. He died almost 3 years ago unexpectedly at age 33. We weren't even close to where we were supposed to be. I really believed I'd go first in out old age. I worry about my parents.
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u/Eastern-Peach-3428 Feb 19 '25
My wife and I have always argued over who gets to go first (as if you have any real choice). Six weeks ago I had four cardiac arrests in a row and became a statistical anomoly for both being alive and having my complete mental faculties afterwards. More than anything, the thought of me dying and leaving her to that pain breaks me up. I hope this frankenstein heart the doctors hooked me up with goes the distance. After all the love she has given me over the last 34 years she deserves to miss out on that grief.