Sorry--that was a typo on my part. I meant that he had lived his life as if he didn't want them, meaning that it's not like he's been chasing down women all this time. Yet he does want them and so is disappointed they didn't happen.
I personally put family in a different catagory than a career or hobby. I think one of the things Alan is worried about is who will take care of his kids when he's gone. Who will they spend their lives with? Charlie and Don both need family as an anchor, Charlie to keep from getting lost in math and Don to keep perspective in his job. To some extent I think Larry gets that from the Eppes family.
Yes, I think that's what Alan is worried about too--which has really nothing to do with Larry's life or becoming Larry or not. It's also a widely accepted idea in the real world (so not referring specifically to these characters here, but just something that I went off on in thinking about it) that isn't really true, where people assume that family=being taken care of, or single=needing to be taken care of.
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Sorry--that was a typo on my part. I meant that he had lived his life as if he didn't want them, meaning that it's not like he's been chasing down women all this time. Yet he does want them and so is disappointed they didn't happen.
I personally put family in a different catagory than a career or hobby. I think one of the things Alan is worried about is who will take care of his kids when he's gone. Who will they spend their lives with? Charlie and Don both need family as an anchor, Charlie to keep from getting lost in math and Don to keep perspective in his job. To some extent I think Larry gets that from the Eppes family.
Yes, I think that's what Alan is worried about too--which has really nothing to do with Larry's life or becoming Larry or not. It's also a widely accepted idea in the real world (so not referring specifically to these characters here, but just something that I went off on in thinking about it) that isn't really true, where people assume that family=being taken care of, or single=needing to be taken care of.