I find the demographics vs. reactions all over the map, at least of the people on my lj tonight. I need to stop arguing with rikyl that parenting should be depicted as being harder since, you know, she has two kids and I have a plant.

The point that Jason came to love her only in her absence is interesting, and I'm going to have to contemplate it more. As with the rest of your points, because, for instance, I didn't really think about their parenting styles or communication patterns. Hmmm.