Despicable Man

I just read a story on Fox News that made me pretty angry: Wedding Day Tragedy as Groom Dies in River Plunge

It begins:

The sister of a New York City groom who killed himself hours after exchanging marriage vows said Tuesday that he was distraught over feeling "pressured into marriage."

 The most important paragraph in the story, contrary to standard journalistic "top down" form, is, in my opinion, the last paragraph.

Brazier and Hay had reportedly dated since they were teenagers and had two children together, ages 5 and 2.

What a despicable man. You father two children out of wedlock, but rather than man up and be the father they need, you kill yourself because you're feeling "pressured" into the marriage? You damn well should have felt pressured, because not too long ago, we called marrying the mother of your children "doing the right thing."

There is nothing that was more important -- nothing -- for you to do with your life than be a good father to the two children you brought into the world.

That's what we're supposed to do as men: no matter what else we want, no matter what else is going on, we ask ourselves first, "What's best for my children?" Not what will "empower me" or "make me happy" or "actualize me" or even "what I want," and especially not "what's easiest?" No. We don't get to put ourselves first. That's what being a man and a father is about, you dipshit.

A pox on you, you despicable man. I grieve for your children.