Holding on

So tomorrow is Saturday and it's been a week. A week to add to my waiting time. Waiting at the best of times is bad; the word itself is reminiscent of airport queues, late transport, impatience. However, waiting for something for so long that you're not sure you want it anymore seems to me to be the height of irony. What do you do if what you're waiting for could, despite your best efforts, never happen. After a certain amount of time should you just give up and accept that it's probably never going to happen? Or will giving up just make you realise how much time you wasted waiting...

I hate to give up.