They choose to set aside all the other things that they could be doing -- the children they could be raising and the jobs they could be going to, the other family members to pay attention to, the other friends they might want to hang out with.
Они отодвигают все другие возможные занятия — воспитание детей, рабочие и домашние дела, разговоры с родственниками, веселье с друзьями,