Begrudging the resources required to maintain a family is childish and unproductive.

I don't have a problem with supporting a family, as long as I'm a part of that family. In the West today, if the mother of my children decides, at any moment, that she would prefer it if I kept supporting the family, but was no longer a part of the family, then that's what is going to happen.

If you want to roll those dice, then go ahead, and good luck to you. But it's absurd (and frankly, fucking obtuse) for anyone to look at this deal (marriage/family) and say "if a man doesn't want to be put in this position, he's being childish and unproductive".

Edit: It's like calling a man a coward because he won't step on a bear trap.

Begrudging the resources required to maintain a family is childish and unproductive.

I don't have a problem with supporting a family, as long as I'm a part of that family. In the West today, if the mother of my children decides, at any moment, that she would prefer it if I kept supporting the family, but was no longer a part of the family, then that's what is going to happen.

If you want to roll those dice, then go ahead, and good luck to you. But it's absurd (and frankly, fucking obtuse) for anyone to look at this deal (marriage/family) and say "if a man doesn't want to be put in this position, he's being childish and unproductive".