Our spouses haven't necessarily dropped the rope in the context we use here...
(Hope you don't mind the reference, 2step) just look at some of the WASs here such as 2step's...
WASs are often stuck in a lot of M junk... even after D is final...
I would submit that the context of dropping the rope here means being fully detached and believe that the future will be OK, no matter what happens to the M...
