Comments on "The Used-Boy Raisers"

The situation that we find to the two men, the woman, and the kids is being justified or explained throughout the entire story. The gentlemen both act as a kind of father figure or supporter for the woman and children, while the woman cares for the gentlemen and kids. The woman even expresses that her destiny is to be the servant of men. They go on about the church as if it an old and worn-out excuse of a model for how to live ones life, and that in reality things are never quite so simple. It appears as though the relationship is one of mutual need that the men and woman both get from each other. It is a triangular relationship that though one would objectively claim it cannot work, but upon reading the story, there is a believable example of just such a relationship at least appearing to work for all involved.