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I wouldn't be surprised. "spend more time with family" is a classic lie when fired. E.g., this article from 2013: https://patch.com/virginia/oakton/what-resign

I wouldn't be surprised. "spend more time with family" is a classic lie when fired. E.g., this article from 2013: https://patch.com/virginia/oakton/what-resigning-to-spend-more-time-with-family-really-means_cfa81096 https://patch.com/virginia/oakton/what-resigning-to-spend-mo... Or this, from 2006: https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/23/business/23family.html https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/23/business/23family.html

capableweb 4y ago
If he just said "spend more time with family", then I agree, it sounds like a cop-out. But specifically referring to actual life events? Less likely to be cop-out, at least that's the feeling I get.
- wpietri 4y ago
  Yeah, hard to say. Spending more time with family is a also thing people legitimately do. But especially the bit about "If I'm honest with myself, I don't think I've allowed myself time to grieve either yet," puts it back in the "glib excuse-making" category for me, in that the diagnosis happened sometime in the last year, and he's made his dad's illness about his grieving, not caring for his dad.