This is a hilariously narrow view of family life.
Life is a lot more complicated and there's essentially limitless possibility between living a life you feel is solely about "paying consequences" or "completely abandoning all responsibility" (which, btw, is still an option. Not great, but neither is the former)
But I do appreciate you providing an object lesson in just how taboo it is to even entertain the thought publicly!
You can entertain it. You just did. But don't expect standing ovation is my very subtle point.
<< This is a hilariously narrow view of family life.
Quite the contrary, it allows for a very broad range of outcomes, because it deals with reality of the human condition.
<< which, btw, is still an option. Not great, but neither is the former
Everything always is. Why, tomorrow I could quit my job and start a bar in Hawaii. As arguments go, this one was pretty weak.
<< Life is a lot more complicated and there's essentially limitless possibility between
Why am I getting this feeling that you completely misread what I wrote.