I could relate

An interesting line from an editorial by P. F. Thomese in today's Times :

For a long time I had regarded the family as a prison in which people were condemned to each other, brooding upon murder and mayhem and dreaming of freedom, freedom like a distance into which one could vanish..

I recognized this sentiment, but identify it with the institution of marriage more than with the family in general. I'm thankful every day that I don't live in that misery any longer