Because we'd suddenly care much more about a planet we weren't living on than one we were?
Right on! My soon-to-be-ex-husband used to be big into recycling and saving the environment until it finally became clear that we were not going to be able to have children. Then his attitude was "As long as it lasts until I'm gone, why should I give a shit what happens to the world then? Let it all go to ruin!"
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Date: 2007-08-21 04:02 pm (UTC)Right on! My soon-to-be-ex-husband used to be big into recycling and saving the environment until it finally became clear that we were not going to be able to have children. Then his attitude was "As long as it lasts until I'm gone, why should I give a shit what happens to the world then? Let it all go to ruin!"