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You're in a zombie apocalypse. You and a thousand other survivors are in a safe room where no zombies can infect you. The only way in and out is a door that can only be opened from the inside. One of your loved ones knocks on the door (from the outside) and asks to come in, but you don't know if they've been infected or not, since they could be acting. Do you let them in and risk the 1,000 other lives in the room, or shut them out into certain death?
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dctezcan
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Us against the world

My husband and son have had long discussions about who they would include in their survivor group in a zombie apocalypse. (I think it's hysterical that this was a serious topic of conversation.) Each member brings some necessary skill for survival. They include me, they say, because I will keep everyone positive and cheerful despite dire circumstances. Lol. Seriously. Otherwise, I have miminal survival instincts and am pretty useless out in the wild. Camping has never been my thing. Not even glamping.

Anyway, if I were in a room of survivors (although, how long would anyone actually survive in a locked room with 1000 people?), without my loved ones, I'm afraid the gift would be wasted on me. I wouldn't want to be without them. At the risk of sounding maudlin or hyperbolical, they are my raison d'être. So, if one knocked on the door, I would ask the group to put me out. And my loved one and I would be together, either against the zombies or part of them, I guess, if he was already one. But, most importantly, together.

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