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Whether to leave someone you love when you're terminally ill

I'm twenty-six and was just diagnosed with a genetic condition that will probably kill me before I'm forty, and I don't know if I should break up with my girlfriend to spare her.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Love faces its most generous test when staying means asking another to witness your diminishment.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Love and mortality — loving in the face of loss?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.