Why do you want to get around it? Reddit is last decade. Time to move on.

Supports my theory that this was a version of suicide by cop. He just couldn’t live with his family any more and needed a way out.

My guess: Cats might get everything they need nutritionally from one meat source. Humans need a more diverse diet.

I grew up on a subsistence farm. Everyone always worked. Every single day of the year. Some days were very long, some were short depending on what needed to be done. To survive. Of course we had fun and time off as well. It’s about balance. Most people don’t have to do back to the land subsistence living anymore because they substituted living in cities and taking paying jobs to buy what they need. No matter the path, you still have to do some sort of work to live. You can choose which path to some extent. There are small farms looking for people to come work for them in exchange for room and board.

And the ones who were too young or missed out on Iraq will soon get a chance to do the same in Iran.

He wants what he needs in a relationship. You want what you need in a relationship. Neither is wrong. Neither is fully right, either. What matters is that it meant you were no longer compatible with each other for an ongoing friendship. That happens. Only a small portion of friendships stand for long periods of time or a lifetime. The vast majority are situational and when the situation changes, they go. Sometimes if the situation changes again, they come back.