Where we have a limiting definition or need for forever to be a certain form, we pass by, often do not accept, love that comes in other shapes and sizes than our perceived needs when we could actually get love in a much higher form than we expected if we let go of the expectation. Or, to use another example, it is like trying to understand the ocean unaware that we are using only a thimble as our concept. When we trace the meaning of this word back to wherever we obtained it, it usually connects to so many people and events that we find ourselves trapped, wrapped in cords of our own making. We realize we are like dogs on a leash, except we are being walked by our own definitions, definitions that no longer fit. Forever may mean responsibility, another heavy word to most of us.
Responsibility means the ability to respond.
And we respond via our definition of who and what we are accountable to. Again we are responding here to our definitions. Even our values are based on our definitions. This is one reason why people from different cultures and different backgrounds often have communication difficulties. Yet forever does exist.