Something a friend said recently made me think. Let’s call her Cathy. She had just come back from a friend’s wedding in the US and was in a state of shock. Her (female) friend was marrying an (older) rich and powerful man, and, although Cathy used to speak very highly of the groom, she had suddenly realized from spending time with him and his family that he might, after all, be crazy. The stories Cathy told me all alluded to the fact that this man’s family existed in total dysfunction. The (adult) kids were horrible. Their wives were even worse.…