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Yes, and former house speaker Newt Gingrich famously left his dying wife while branding the GOP as the party of family values, for which everyone should in fact
by frostburg 7y ago
Yes, and former house speaker Newt Gingrich famously left his dying wife while branding the GOP as the party of family values, for which everyone should in fact blame him. Anecdotes are useless, do you have any data that suggests that women are more likely than men to leave a partner due to illness?
- kareninoverseas 7y agoThese are all good points but they feel very insensitive in tone given that OP has shared something personal; I'm not sure if you realise what you're doing
- coldtea 7y agoWhen something personal is shared, it becomes something to discuss. Especially when its a larger observation concerning what others, not the person, do.
- dominotw 7y ago> Anecdotes are useless, do you have any data you mean excellent data backed, well laid-out argument like this ? > There are plenty of disabled men in functional relatioships
- nabnob 7y agoMen are more likely to leave their wives due to illness than women are - https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/men-more-likely-to-leave-spouse-with-cancer/ https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/men-more-likely-to...