All I'm saying is people should be spending quality time with their families NOW, not wait until someone falls ill and there's no hope of recovery. I saw someone post on another thread that many people with cancer wholeheartedly agree with their decision to go on with their lives. Make the best of the time they have left together. Not everyone with an ill spouse can afford to quit working to be at their side 24/7. They still have to live. Being a caretaker causes stress in itself and a person shouldn't be made to feel guilty about having time away from a sick family member. It seems Mrs. Edwards understands that and I think you're all being a little harsh on the them. I don't have a problem with their decision and I think it's pretty selfish that everyone thinks otherwise.
I have a sis-in-law who loves her elderly mother dearly and spends every spare moment she can with her. I hear a lot of resentment in her voice when she tells me about her visits with mom. So much of her time is taken up, there's none left for her. Is that how you'd like your children/spouse to feel? Not me.
When a man and woman bring a child into the world, that child is due their time and resources. They are not wee cute little birds to be thrown out of the nest, nor is a a man a President who abandons his children and sick wife, no matter how she may speak.
I have a sis-in-law who loves her elderly mother dearly and spends every spare moment she can with her. I hear a lot of resentment in her voice when she tells me about her visits with mom.
Wow her mother must really be appreciative.