My friend and I were talking about this just minutes ago, and he had a thought. Maybe one reason why Frodo was so dependent on Gollum being able to come back was because he saw how much Sam hated Gollum. Frodo was scared at how vehement Sam's hatred was to this creature who was only this way because of the Ring, a creature which Frodo could easily become if he didn't go through with the Quest. Perhaps Frodo feared that if Gollum couldn't overcome the cancer of the Ring, then he won't be able to either, and then Sam would hate him too. In this light, it isn't that Frodo is being selfish that he didn't want to live the rest of his life as Gollum, but that he didn't want to loose Sam by becoming what Gollum was.
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