I think that is where the method to the madness hides.

Jun 10, 2016

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…every possible way by making sure they have completely unrealistic expectations of the world. Also, I can’t ever die, because my kids won’t be able to take care of themselves. Following Big-Chested Dad at the Pool’s logic, a lifeguard can’t lifeguard, teachers can’t teach, …

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I think that is where the method to the madness hides. If my kids cannot take care of themselves, then I am always needed — I am always central to their lives and therfore my life has meaning, which is my comfort in modern spiritual loneliness. Hovering over kids? It was never about the kids.

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