You find yourself ready to end your long-term relationship with your boyfriend, Frank. You are doing so, because you have chosen to prioritize your career over him. Upon hearing this, he assures you that he is willing to wait for you, no matter how long it takes. Yet, you still feel hesitant and worried, afraid of hurting him or being abandoned by him.

As you try to justify your actions and speak of another lifetime or universe, he interrupts you and asks:

"But why not in this one?"