I didn't say hypotheticals were bad. Just that it's much more interesting to look boldly at what's really going on than to intellectualize and theorize about what may or may not happen "someday" (which doesn't exist). Or thinking about what's "normal."
One thing I've learned is that when it comes to love, there are no universal principals. There is not one consideration around love that everybody agrees on. Come to think of it, I don't think there's one consideration around
anything that everybody agrees on!
But since you appear to be married to your desire to hypothesize, have at it! I'll go where the action is.
