klydon, you are so right! Even Michael's marriage to Kay is more of a business arrangement. He waits until he's home, he's settled, he believes he's on the path to legitimacy, where a nice WASPy wife certainly can't hurt, and THEN he drives up to New Hampshire to propose. Forget that he left her without saying goodbye, that for years she called, visited the compound, sent letters. He waited until HE was ready.

I think that's a prime example of how Michael had walled himself off from the rest of humanity. He didn't ALLOW himself to feel. Truthfully, the only ones he loved anymore were his parents and his children. And in GF2, his children were more like possessions than anything else.