Aside from agreeing it's a bit sad and put aside that I'd not like them as a couple, I think it doesn't matter if one will age first.
If they love each other that time to them wouldn't be a sad one but a time to be together before one passes away, from outside we only see the result if someone being left behind but to them it was being there for someone u love and having someone you love be there for you
That’s a very interesting take, and I’d be lying if I said it didn’t give me a slightly different perspective on things, so thank you for that.
That said, I still feel like the emotions you described end up following grief after a certain point.
Now of course this may differ from person to person, but I still feel like not having your loved one to share every day moments with, even if they're mundane, will always be painful in a way.
At the end of the day we are humans and even tho death will always be an inevitable aspect of our lives, us not being able to accept it becoming reality (even after a long time) is a natural reaction.
Idk, maybe this is a rather optimistic way of looking at things, by wanting to share life with someone,
or I'm in some way immaturely clinging to the idea that losing a loved one is life shattering, although time is allegedly supposed to heal all wounds.
I hope that, if you ever come back to this, I didn’t scare you off. In fact, I’ve been thinking about how to respond to your comment ever since you made it because it genuinely made me reflect much more deeply on all this— probably even a bit too much
this woman is probably more than twice his age, meaning their time together is pretty much cut in half. Of course, you never know what might happen, especially considering the fact that both of them are cops, but even if everything goes well and they manage to grow old together, he will ultimately become her caregiver, which is so sad to me.
Like, imagine the person you always wanted to be with loses themselves with time and you can’t do anything to stop it; instead, you’re forced to watch everything unfold from a front-row seat.