I think CE wants time and freedom to do what he wants. He's saying he's already given up many of the trappings of manliness, ie many of the rights, I think he's asking, if he doesn't get the rights, why does he have to keep up the responsibilities? At least that's what I'd be asking. It's what I did ask, relative to my own situation. What am I, just a pack mule? I don't think so. That's what i'm reading here, anyway.