A friend’s wife just took off yesterday – leaving a goodbye note for him and for each of her children, a 1-year old and a 5-month old.

The main reason? She could never give enough money to send to her parents and siblings back in the Philippines, so she, in her flawed logic, decided to leave in order to earn more money to send to her family back in the Philippines. Her overblown sense of duty, as well as her father’s demands, call for her to put both her siblings through school, pay off her father’s debt and support her parents in luxury, even when both her parents are gainfully employed and has good social and community standing in their town.

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