TV, Perils and Confusion

[debka_notion]

So I got dragged, pretty willingly, into watching some TV-on-DVD tonight. The West Wing- something my sister has introduced my folks too. And it was fun. But in the midst of it, someone makes a comment that paraphrases as "That may be grounds for divorce, but not for quitting your job"- and that just seems like a really Weird world view. I mean, quitting your job, ok, you'll find another one. It's just a job, not a family. It just seems like a reversal of what I would see as appropriate values. Work can be a passion, but if it's that much more significant to you than your family is, it feels like something is wrong. It also says something about how taken-for-granted divorce is in current society. (Somethign that came up as a topic of discussion Saturday between Mom and Steve.

Comments

[tirerim.livejournal.com]

But on the other hand, your job doesn't have to give you emotional support, or really care about you, or have you care about it. Yes, the level of commitment is higher in a marriage, but the requirements for a healthy one are also much more stringent than the requirements for an acceptable job. And, in most cases, a bad marriage can do a lot more damage to you than a bad job.

[debka-notion.livejournal.com]

All true. But a marriage, with the higher rate of commitment, also deserves more effort in putting it right again if something goes wrong, or you mess up. Part of marriage is that obligation to work at it even if you screw up, I always thought.

[hannahlin.livejournal.com]

I'm also pretty sure it was supposed to be a joke, or at least an ironic statement about American values. Sorkin is like that, and I think that was still an early episode.

[thevortex.livejournal.com]

It also says something about how taken-for-granted divorce is in current society

Yes, it indicates a general mindset that "if it is broken, throw it out." I see it in the tech world all the time, and I ask sarcastically why people should view relationships any differently?

The Vortex