Would you pursue or marry a person with a chronic disease?

@HootyTheNightOwl So true!

@HootyTheNightOwl Or that we will be healthy, ourselves.

My daughter had dated her new boyfriend for two weeks when an equipment failure caused him to have a catastrophic accident while rock-climbing. Most of his teeth were broken or just gone. They had to rebuild his face, and repair two broken legs and a broken arm.

She flew to the hospital immediately and was by his side through his long painful recovery.

He is now her husband.

@Mamapolo2016 Exactly. It only takes a blink of the eye for everything that you are used to to change.

We all think "It'll never happen to me" until it does - and you're queuing up down at the hospital for a shot that keeps your pain under control for another three months... and that's just for arthritis as a result of natural aging and wear and tear on the body.

Then there's workplace accidents or accidents on the road to/from work. It's far too easy to be injured or killed just going about your daily life these days.

@HootyTheNightOwl I can’t think how people believe it will never happen to them. Perhaps, maybe a very few don’t get sick or injured in their lifetime, but most do. Sooner or later.

That’s when commitment truly matters.

@Mamapolo2016 Let's be fair, though, many people go into marriage without a thought or plan for what they would do if everything goes wrong.

Say that pre-nup you made them sign is suddenly invalid for technical reasons... or you end up divorcing at some point...

If they don't plan for big things like this when they are young, they probably didn't factor in old age, sickness or injuries affecting their loved ones either.