Anyone who puts something as impermanent and materialistic as how they dress above their families is delusional and I doubt will ever know the true meaning of happiness.
I'd wear a potato sack and a paper bag over my head if it came down to it or losing my family. (What I wear only has to do with an outward portrayal of my gender...my gender itself comes from within). Your family are *usually* the only people in this world that love you unconditionally, and that's why it's so devastating to lose a parent or child. I'm sorry, but if anyone puts a manner of dress over something as important as that...I feel very sorry them, because they are not living. When looking back on your life, will you say that it was worth anything? A selfish person isn't missed and a selfish person does not offer anything to anyone but themselves.
I disagree when it is said that "so many posts take dressing over their family." I wouldn't stay here if that were the case, because I don't associate with people that are that low.
I can take arguments where people say "this is a part of me and it is important." It seems like everyone struggles with balance. But, we struggle with balance in EVERYTHING in life.
Your CDing is not a special phenomenon. It merits no more special attention than other things in life. When you are out of balance, you suffer. And, THAT'S what I see on this forum.
Asking a husband to completely abandon something that makes him happy is unfair because the absence of something isn't exactly being in balance either. But, choosing a method of dress over anything else in your life is on the other end of being imbalanced.
