I've pursued every relationship I believed in so far. It's a matter of seeing that. Your words mean something, but they are not key to my decision. No relationship is ever so simple.
Most people haven't lived through an apocalypse, no, among the experiences you've had. Relationships come from common understanding, if not from common ground. Your life is not the easiest to understand, and I wouldn't make such a claim, myself. But when something or someone is worth it, you do the work.