Anything for love

From The One-Minute Writer:

In the words of the singer Meatloaf, "I would do anything for love, but I won't do that." What is "that" to you?

Hmmm...very interesting...and my answer today is probably a lot different than what I would have said in the early years of my marriage.

Back then, had my hubby cheated on me, that would have been it. I would have walked out and not looked back -- trust, as I've told my children, is actually more important than love -- and far more difficult to get back. I also would have walked out had he physically or verbally abused me.

Today, though, my thoughts are different. I'm far more understanding that sometimes things -- awful things -- happen in marriages. People stray -- and then they come home. It's not that I would be okay with it -- far from it -- and it would take a whole lot of work to fix it -- but I've invested too many years, with this man, to walk away without a fight. There are children to consider (though they are pretty much grown) and, honestly, there would be a huge financial consideration as well. Though I chose to stay home with my children, it's meant that I've been out of the work force for nearly 25 years -- I'm not at all sure I could support myself these days on a starting salary.

However, I don't think I could hang around if I were being abused on any level. I'd have to find a way to get by if that was the case. Maybe move in with my mother.

Was that a cold chill passing through my body?

Anyway, I'm not sure what else I absolutely wouldn't do. I want to say I wouldn't break the law but I've learned to never say never -- and faced with a crisis or some great need -- especially concerning a loved one -- a lot of people react differently than they thought they would. And do things they never thought themselves capable.

I guess, in answer to the question -- since I'm not sure I've really answered it -- I'd have to say, I wouldn't do anything which was preceded by this line:

If you really loved me, you'd _____ (fill in the blank).

Nope. Not playing that game. If you really loved me, you'd never say that anyway.