Originally Posted by
sprman24 
I just don't understand, why everybody thinks the best is to leave him.
I just could cry! Giving up on somebody, i love and leaving him alone in his illness, would break my heart.
It's just our collective experience.
There is nothing we can do about the choice another person makes, all we can do is protect ourselves and our loved ones.
No one is suggesting you abandon hope, what you will probably hear repeatedly is that
you can't build a life on hope.
Ask yourself, if nothing changes for him, would you still want to be involved with him six months from now?
A year from now?
Four years from now?
If
nothing changes for him, your lives together aren't going to get better, it will get a
lot worse.