I hope i can be honest but i am very radical in this, how can anyone claim anything on anyone? If a person chooses to be with another person, that is a 100% their choice. Whether a friend or family, how can anyone have the pretention to come in between that. I had a similar situation when my father died and my sister couldn't face a possibility of a new man in my mother's life, that is so sad. I understand the situation of the sitting on the dying bed but a good potential new partner is logically somebody who is already close i would say. Anyway, whatever, well done i guess and sorry to be a bit rude, it is a bit of a personal story to me too.