i guess if i think about it, i reacted to the single sentence, which gave a quite different message than what you just wrote:
I ALWAYS counsel someone to make their support agreement based ONLY on the family's basic needs. Each spouse -- wayward/walkaway and left-behind -- should properly be responsible for their own WANTS.
this ^^ sounds a lot different than what you first wrote.
thanks zig
Understandable. Always best to assume GOOD intentions, or just ask me directly for clarification. I post in "shorthand" sometimes, and am happy to expand upon my thinking when someone asks. Sometimes, however, it's intentional, and designed to illicit thought by its very brevity and clarity.