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Night Watchman

(743 posts) Wed Jun 22, 2016, 12:18 AM Jun 2016

I Ought to be in Niagara Falls, NY Right Now [View all]

Nope! My wife's uncle died last night (Monday), so I get to spend the first three days of my summer vacation in Tustin, up in Orange County. If you think I'm being callous, I dunno, maybe you're right. But she was never that close to the guy. Hell, I've never even met him!

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I Ought to be in Niagara Falls, NY Right Now [View all] Night Watchman Jun 2016 OP

it's something I have never understood Skittles Jun 2016 #1

Maybe the living that will be there will be heartened to see your wife The Second Stone Jun 2016 #2

I'm sorry that a death in your wife's family has interfered with your vacation plans. mnhtnbb Jun 2016 #3

In later years as families grow apart, especially extended families Fla Dem Jun 2016 #4