Indeed, at any stage of life a person may find himself with no friends or "family" where he can hang his hat. If one can lower the bar, expand the imagination, then even a group of friends who share no blood relationship or economic ties can become "intentional relatives" and constitute a "family by choice."
的確，每個人在生命歷程中的某一階段，都可能發現自己孑然一身，無「家庭」可以棲身，但如果能降低標準、擴大想像，那麼，即使是一群無血緣關係、沒有經濟瓜葛的朋友，也能成為「心理上的親屬」，組成「另類家庭」。