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Yes, because asking your wife and the mother of the children the two of you created together knowing that they're a commitment of decades at least, to then take
by southernplaces7 4y ago
Yes, because asking your wife and the mother of the children the two of you created together knowing that they're a commitment of decades at least, to then take care of those children for as long as she can is just so old-fashioned and sexist? What's the "modern perspective" he missed out on here? That caring for one's own children is a circumstantial and fluid responsibility depending on convenience levels? Asking her to help his parents is also wrong how? What a sadly shallow concept of marriage one would have to have if making such requests is too much to ask.
- wil421 4y agoCalm down, I’m sure a wife would say similar things given the circumstances. If I was on my death bed or my wife was we would both ask each other to look after our kids.
- southernplaces7 4y agoI think you misunderstood my comment. I was arguing that there's nothing at all wrong with asking a wife (or husband) to take care of the kids or even asking either to try doing the same for your parents. Marriage shouldn't just be a passing transactional thing with responsibilities that completely end if one partner dies.
- dang 4y agoPlease edit out swipes like "calm down" from your HN posts. (This is in the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.) Your comment would be fine without that bit.