the biggest weird thing I learned doing criminal law/defense was how many of my clients could justify their criminal behavior. I am not equating WASs to criminals but there is an analogy.
I mean, more than half, if honest, did NOT think that
1) what they did was really wrong or
2) if it was wrong, it was "understandable" for THEM to do it or
3) IF it was wrong and not so understandable, then they had gotten punished too much for it...(even when they got probation). and 4) everyone else does it too.
A boss I had, who cursed so colorfully, once said it best when he said,
Jerks (I am paraphrasing, trust me)..."Jerks are jerks, b/c they don't think they're jerks". No one thinks they're being evil and chooses that. They justify.
At times, They rationalize the unforgivable.
I had a murderer's mother tell me that 1) her son was innocent despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary and then she said
"Well, even if he did kill someone, is that so wrong, in the context of our times?"...
It's not hard to see why HE was a killer. He lived in a world where he was never accountable, until he killed.
Finally, one other point.
While your wife may be angrier at you now than she would be if you caved in, I sincerely believe in the long run, her respect for you will be higher by you fighting for your daughter.
Respect is essential to love. Remember that.
Keep on keeping on...
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