A Dilemma of the Heart

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Good morning, I was thinking about something that my partner (D) said. He has said it a couple of times. You see, we often have deep and philosophical discussions. Our last deep discussion was on the subject of religion. Now, I don't want to get into a religious debate here, I only want to talk about a specific topic: afterlife/heaven. We weren't arguing about whether or not there is such a thing, we only talked about what would happen in the event that it does exist. Anyway, he said that if there is a heaven (or whatever you'd like to call it. I'm just using the word for clarity and familiarity), he would have a problem if we're spending the rest of eternity with our life partner. No, he wasn't saying he doesn't want to spend eternity with me! His problem? He had a partner before me who sadly passed away at a young age. D said that, because of the circumstances in which they were parted i.e. not through choice, he will always love her in exactly the same way. I am sure there will be millions of others in a similar quandry. D asked whether he would go to heaven and find her or if he'd be there with me but then she'd be alone. My suggestion was that we might either be interconnected spirits, universally joined. I also said that we might be with the right person for us, whoever that may be. D said he could end up with both of us and get nagged in stereo forever more! So, if this afterlife exists, who would you want to see there? If you'd had more than one life partner who meant as much to you, what would you like to happen? Would you want to choose? Do you have other theories or possibilities?