Ruben,

 Za> What's happening for single dads at Thanksgiving?

  I never had any kids myself, so I was never a "father". However, my 
late wife and I had a dachshund when we were married, so I guess he 
was my "step-dog".  Plus, after having a severe case chicken pox
when over 40 years ago (it almost went into encephalitis), then working
around methyl-ethyl-ketone for nearly 20 years in silkscreen printing
(I likely absorbed a lot of it), I had a vasectomy done before I got
married...so, that ended the potential for fathering kids. Unfortunately,
2 complications now are recurring attacks of epididymytis, and UTI's.

  However, I lost my Dad and wife nearly 14 years ago, and my Mom 15 
months ago. My brother lives in the western part of the county, but 
he's going to a lady friend's home (she and her husband are cooking 
for him). He has been divorced 3 times, and had no kids either. He 
basically is alone as well.

  Today, I'm going to Kroger to get a turkey dinner, with possibly 
cranberry sauce, rice, peas, and pumpkin pie...for a main meal...but 
it's always microwaved. My health has gotten so bad with degenerative 
disk disease and arthritis that I can't sit at the computer for long
periods of time...let alone stand for more than a minute at the stove,
sink, toilet, or in the shower.

  I never remarried after my wife died. At this stage of life, too many
folks have "excess baggage"...such as:

1) Physical issues -- par for the course as one gets older

2) Financial issues -- massive credit card debt (I don't want to go down
the bankruptcy road again).

3) Emotional issues -- they want folks to fight their battles for them

4) Law issues -- they or their kids are in trouble with the law

5) Family issues -- the kids treat their parents like crap, and the
parents won't show "tough love".

  In short, I don't want or need that drama in my life.

Daryl

... I'm not a lunatic. I just found this straightjacket.
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