Right. And if Daniel had dumped his surviving kid on his grieving sister and her husband (ETA I should have said brother-in-law; Mr. Hance was Diane's brother, right?), we'd all be applauding his selflessness! I think not.
I would not fault him if he was man enough to say he was incapable of taking care of his child and asked for help.
When you watch this film, you'll see it’s the SIL, Jay, who appears to be the one who takes care of Bryan mostly, and has gotten Bryan the much needed professional help. Jay does speak ill of Daniel - she mentions his laziness, the lack of caring for this surviving child, and his constant claims of how hard his life is, when she says all he does is drop his child at day care in the morning, sit around all day, and then works in the evening at a less than demanding job. Jay also says that Daniel's family has had it up to here (insert hand going up to top of head) with him, and she's the only one left to help him, and she's growing weary of it.
I understand that Daniel Schuler was immature and less than a perfect husband, but he's the man Diane chose to marry and have children with. He has lost his wife and daughter and has been treated as if HE were a mass murderer by the Hances and, if this thread is any indication, the general public.
I don't recall anything that noted the Hance's treated him like a mass murder - can you let me know where you found this? Me, I don't think he's a mass murder, just a lying jerk.
The guy may be in denial and he may be lousy at expressing his feelings or encouraging his son to be more open, but I fail to understand the depth of the anger against him. Even if he contributed to Diane's problems, he had no way of predicting the outcome.
My "anger" directed at Daniel is because he has lied about facts in this case. Blatent lies that support his interests alone. When your wife kills seven innocent people, in a horric drunk driving and pot related accident, call me crazy but LE, the victim's families, and the general public deserve the truth.
Bottom line: he hasn't abandoned his kid and he hasn't trashed his dead wife.
There is nothing wrong with loving your wife, regardless of what she has done. But recreating her, as someone who did nothing wrong, in the face of such tragedy, is not admirable to me at all.
