Reading this gave me an uncomfortable moment considering my feelings for all the people who expect things of me or of whom I expect things, outside the specific context of debt.
It makes me think of the very common case in society of someone taking care of an elderly or otherwise care-needing relative.
But like @Dagon says, this is only one aspect of such interpersonal relationships, out of many. In particular, taking this “as reason to avoid debt in all its forms more” sounds to me like hoping never to get in a situation which in fact happens all the time. It would be throwing a lot of human interactions out with the bathwater.
I think one could consider it a part of mental health to be able to make commitments without resenting it, and to manage situations in which such resentment arises.
Reading this gave me an uncomfortable moment considering my feelings for all the people who expect things of me or of whom I expect things, outside the specific context of debt.
It makes me think of the very common case in society of someone taking care of an elderly or otherwise care-needing relative.
But like @Dagon says, this is only one aspect of such interpersonal relationships, out of many. In particular, taking this “as reason to avoid debt in all its forms more” sounds to me like hoping never to get in a situation which in fact happens all the time. It would be throwing a lot of human interactions out with the bathwater.
I think one could consider it a part of mental health to be able to make commitments without resenting it, and to manage situations in which such resentment arises.