[JenB]

"Hers was the choice of Luthien"

She could not wed Aragorn if she was not willing to forsake her own people and cleave to him. She had to choose which people she would be part of - it a choice given to Elrond, Elros, and Elrond's children.

[2Jedismom]

All this talk reminds me of the early days in the old Hole.

[HairOfTheDog]

But is that a functional limitation on her life or a philosophical one? What if she didn't choose, or chose not to obey this principle, I wonder? - Aw heck Hair... it's fiction!