[wideminded]

Hmmm... HB ranted and railed against the "trap" of marriage in "How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World."

It came across to me as if he was justifying walking out on his family. I was going to be magnanimous and avoid bringing this up, but since you already did ...

[pbmaltzman]

He did more or less walk out on his first wife and daughter... however, I have been given to understand that in later years his daughter recontacted him, and they had a cordial relationship.

I think that at the time he broke up with his wife, he decided not to contest her getting custody of their daughter. I get the impression that he saw no point in having much contact with his first wife.

I was also troubled by him seemingly walking out on his daughter... but I was glad to hear that they finally did work out their relationship.