"it's better to love and lost than to never have loved at all"
Now, let's look at the following scenario.
You find out that you have a life-threatening disease, which is almost impossible to cure. You immediately think about your girlfriend, whom you dearly love (and she also loves you). You were going to propose to her soon, but learned of that disease...
Should you continue on to propose to her, or break-up?
In that case, you were already in love...
How about in a case where you find love AFTER you were diagnosed with the disease?
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