@JonF: The question I ask myself - outside of my marriage, why weren't my kids worth this BEFORE?
With all due respect, this is a bit of a phony anecdote. That's not a personal attack on @JonF -- you see this kind of thing all over the boards, and it's always phony.
Here's why (move over a bit so O'Dog can roll over and go back to sleep):
In Time Period T, pre-Bomb, you're in Family F -- it's a strategic interaction with H, W, and the 2.5 god-fearin' Amer-ee-kan children. There's a particular dynamic. Particular roles. And joint decision-making.
In Time Period T+1, post-Bomb, post-Separation, you're in Family F' -- it's a strategic interaction of H (or W) and the 2.5 kids. And unitary decision-making.
It shouldn't be a surprise that roles, beliefs, expectations, undertakings can change.
And it's begging the question whether or not that change (i.e., @JonF's career-switch) COULD have happened in T. Mrs. @JonF might have said, "I don't support that" or "I'm too afraid given the economy" or any number of other things. Because before Separation, W had a vote; now she doesn't.
So you're isolating variables there, my man, that may not merit such isolation.
