Having been a caretaker for a variety of family members & two spouses, all of whom passed away, I can say that this sweet young woman really escaped heartache when Robert rejected her. If Robert truly was living each day as his last, his perspective would be different. But in spite of his disability, he's a typical "visually challenged" male, more trapped by unreasonable expectations than he is by the limatations by his body. Too bad for Robert but happy for Ashleigh.