But even more so, a lot of people love each other based on the shaky assumption that they will hang around long enough to do the loving and the getting loved. Not many go into the love business with the end of that love firmly in mind and in view. Fewer still are those that plan the end of their love. They’ll hesitate if they have any sense that the one they’re trying to love might not be in it for the long haul, or that the deal has changed, or that one of them is heading out of town and out of sight without waiting for the other one to get ready or agree or even be aware that this is what is
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