Your friends are thinking in a logical, rational way. In their mind, of course h would miss his family. Your h isn't logical or rational. He's operating on sheer emotion.
And for the record, I hope my sandbox has a hammock, ocean view, and a berate with an umbrella:-)
3 kids BD 12/15/13 (IDKIILY. ) Rope dropped Cirque du Soleil style D final 9-9-14 "Some people are born on 3rd base and go through life thinking they hit a triple." Barry Switzer