Well, I’ve got some amazing answers here! I’m glad there is as many of you that weren’t afraid of such an open-ended question – as I love questions like these or any just for the purpose of thought stimulation.
Thank you all – I found some of the answers to be insightful, funny, realistic, firm, concrete, etc.
To answer my own question (and I’m going to answer it with two separate responses):
1. I think if “love” is there in a relationship context, there ALWAYS remains a possibility of working it out. This is not to say that if it doesn’t work out then the couple has not yet explored those possibilities – but rather I only suggest that it’s possible the couple is clearly aware of those possibilities but lacks either the faith, energy or ability to achieve those certain possibilities. With that said, sometimes the best choice is just to give yourself a pad on the back for the hard effort and walk.
2. It seems as if a lot of people are unhappy without love and a lot of people are unhappy with love. Then the ones that once find it have problems happily keeping it, etc. I think although it’s a shame, some people have grown to accept that after trying and trying without any success, that sometimes they would just live best without love. I certainly think life has much more than just “love” (at least “love” by our conceptions), but I do think it would be almost too simplistic without it. I guess what my response in this form translates to asking another question “If not love then what else keeps us moving?”