Basically, it boils down to expectations. Dave's dad died of a heart attack and his mother passed along to him the sense that his father was an ideal husband and father whose example he could never equal and that life was deeply unfair for having left her alone to cope with single parenthood. Rob's mom never married his dad, didn't even have much of a relationship with him, from what I gather, and seems never to have planned on anything other than single parenthood. Guess which one is a better adjusted adult!
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Date: 2008-11-19 02:10 am (UTC)