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.