What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

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:( :?

So I have a cousin that's getting married this weekend. His father's (not my blood uncle) brother died yesterday. I don't think I've ever met the deceased. What I was told was that he drove here (Long Island) from out of state. He was driving on the highway and passed out behind the wheel. The car was safely brought to a stop, I'm assuming it was his wife that was in the car. But he wasn't able to be resuscitated. I was told that the wedding is still on, which seems kind of odd to me. If my uncle, my father's brother, just died I couldn't imagine having a wedding. I couldn't imagine any one on that side of the family having a good time.

Today is a cold and rainy day. It's gotta be a miserable day for my uncle and his family. I feel really bad for them. And not to joke, but what do you say at the wedding? "I'm sorry for your loss, but congratulations." Why would you want your wedding to forever be associated with a death in the family? Seems like it'll be awkward. I can't believe they didn't want to postpone. But my uncle (brother of the deceased) is a very kind, thoughtful and selfless guy. I could see him insisting to my cousin not to postpone. Still...
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Being related doesn't equal a relationship.

Still, sorry to hear. This also makes family think "Go to a funeral, or go to a wedding?', with the assumption the funeral will be held asap.
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I was actually wondering that myself. The guy died yesterday, and the wedding is tomorrow. Is a one day shotgun funeral possible? I'm thinking services will be held a day or so after the wedding.
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:D It's Thanksgiving weekend (Canada) and my roasted potatoes turned out the best they ever have!

:( I ate them alone as my wife came down with the flu and we couldn't visit family for supper.

:D When the wife and kid are sleeping happily I'll have a free evening to work on music and play some games!

I always try to end on a good note.
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Ziggy587 wrote:I was actually wondering that myself. The guy died yesterday, and the wedding is tomorrow. Is a one day shotgun funeral possible? I'm thinking services will be held a day or so after the wedding.
Jews have the funeral the next day, unless it would be on the Sabbath. Then they'd postpone for a day.
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Wouldn't it be pretty expensive to throw together a funeral in a day?
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:( - Wife is admitted to the hospital with possible heart problems. Her blood pressure keeps fluctuating like crazy and her pulse is all over the damn place. She has chest pain and they want some tests but couldn't get them done today. Normally I would stay with her, but all my nearby family is out of town and I can't keep the kids at the hospital overnight.

:evil: - I'm kind of pissed at her primary doctor for being so fckn dismissive of her blood pressure and chest pain up until this point for it to get this bad. She is adjusting to hormones still from having her thyroid removed, and so her primary attributes everything to that without even listening or checking anything. It has got me burning mad at this point. If she hasn't been our family physician for so many years I would be showing my ass.

:cry: - It may sound pathetic but in 15 years I have only spent 5 nights away from my wife in total. We are incredibly close and I feel incomplete without her being here. My kids are scared and so am I, I don't want to lie to them and tell them how everything is fine, when I don't know. Really shitty day.
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Ugh that sucks man. Hang in there with the kids!
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Hobie-wan wrote:Ugh that sucks man. Hang in there with the kids!
Thanks man. I'm working on it, even our boston terrier is down. I swear, it is really frustrating because we took our health for granted for a while and we have gotten really serious about it these past few years and this is when we see problems.
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Sorry to hear that jp. My thoughts are with you and your family. Hopefully they can get those tests they need done ASAP tomorrow. Hospitals can be painfully slow on the weekends as I have learned thoroughly with my Grandparents.
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