tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post4418554300347476390..comments2024-03-29T04:06:37.402-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Should He Divorce His Dying Wife?Stuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-87830997319694393152019-02-28T20:23:58.558-08:002019-02-28T20:23:58.558-08:00You know what showed him for what he is? When he s...You know what showed him for what he is? When he said he was "willing" to "pick up the slack" with his daughter...in other words, not really his job, but since he's a good guy, he'll "help" his dying wife a little with HER job of raising THEIR daughter.<br /><br />That right there showed who he was. And I think he just said that to prove to the people he tells this story to, that he's really A Good Guy; he's not leaving 'cos he's A Bad Guy -- after all, he's willing to....etc. etc. <br /><br />He thought he was making himself look good and easing some of his guilt with that remark, but it showed us who he is really well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-36914968153470632372019-02-26T14:20:25.521-08:002019-02-26T14:20:25.521-08:00Duty isn’t meant to be comfortable. I hold out hop...Duty isn’t meant to be comfortable. I hold out hope that right and wrong might stage a comeback soon. Good and evil can’t be far behind.UbuMaccabeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00237833458790876775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-11583175964693462052019-02-26T11:09:49.925-08:002019-02-26T11:09:49.925-08:00What this man has is a minuscule droplet of an ink...What this man has is a minuscule droplet of an inkling that he's about to do a bad thing.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-37084267479844736612019-02-26T07:20:23.474-08:002019-02-26T07:20:23.474-08:00As long as the writer and the therapist are workin...As long as the writer and the therapist are working out of the idea that personal happiness is the greatest good, anything can be justified. It is a morality, just not a traditional one. It is that core principle that they need to reexamine. If he could see a different moral value as a greater good, love for his child and compassion for his desperately ill wife, for example, and see that this is where life has lead to, his decision making would be different.<br /><br />There's a reason the old standard vows had "in sickness and in health." There's also a reason the old standard vows don't give you an out clause. It says "As long as we both shall live", not "As long as we are both happy." ASM826https://www.blogger.com/profile/04017388670319590449noreply@blogger.com