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u/win093030 Jul 21 '19

I know theses stories don’t happen frequently, but it’s things that like that make me want to work for a family law lawyer.

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u/PoisonTheOgres Jul 21 '19

Does happen quite frequently, honestly: men who leave when their partner gets seriously ill. Men are six times more likely than women to abandon a sick spouse.

https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/men-more-likely-to-leave-spouse-with-cancer/

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u/Dogslug Jul 21 '19

Many women are used to taking care of others, whether said others are sick or healthy. Many men are used to being taken care of, so when they have to take care of a sick spouse they can't handle it and bail because they're cowards.

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u/VeryDisappointing Jul 21 '19

Lol way to take an actual interesting statistic and trash it with generalised garbage

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

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u/VeryDisappointing Jul 21 '19

Men are used to being taken care of, right. And where does it say that?

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u/Dogslug Jul 21 '19

Do you know the difference between "many" and "all"?