(Oh greylove, that brought me to tears! Me too. It's PC I come to every day, come hell or high water. FB, a cursory glance. Couldn't care. But PC? Love love love.)

Witchywoman, I so so so hear you on the why question and the non-relatibilty of the standard "family and friends" answer. My response on both counts is "oh, puleeezzze!" They can't even be bothered to talk to me, the ball--when it exists--is always in their court, unreturned, and it's all about them, even if I'm going through hell. And friends? Pffft. As if. I see "some people I know" 1 weekend per year. That's it. So. Yeah.
It may sound totally lame, and I know I would have told anyone who told me this to take a flying leap (well, it would have been faaaaar more colorful ), but just when I was seriously ready to cash it in (less than 1 year ago). Seriously. Then it just so happend that I started to talking with someone under the most unlikely circumstances imaginable. I was simply curious. Where could this go? We are like peas in a pod with the deepest level of empathy in the ... how to describe it? Hard lessons learned? catagory...I've never been more content in my life (and that is a long time, lol!), even as I struggle with my BP, that someone cares. Do I see forever? No. He does. I don't. I can't. It's simply not in me. He does not know that we almost didn't meet on account of my plans. (Like...literally. We're talking about 2 weeks. 2 weeks! Though I'd've slapped anyone who suggested such a thing were possible... it really is true. You DON'T know what might happen.)
Ummmm, so there you have it. It's true what they say, even when you want to f'in slap them for that flippin' pollyanna crap, you truly DO never know! (Seriously, I'd've pummelled 'em screaming, "you just don't get it, you f'in moron! This is MY life we're talking about! These things just don't happen! and so on and so forth... )

Long and short? Because you really don't ever know. As much as that sounds stupid, it really is true. I'd've never believed it either.