It's hard, isn't it to say the 'right thing' when someone has died
especially when it's someone's parent. My dad was 70 so he'd had a good long life, he died with all of us around him and it was fairly sudden so from his point of view, ideal.
I do think as a society we tend to avoid death - either talking about it or dealing with it. He was the first dead body I'd ever seen and I was surprised at how normal it all felt. A tragedy for us as a family, certainly, but not a tragedy in the same way as when a child or someone young dies.
I miss the old bugger but I was lucky to have him around for as long as I did - plenty of people haven't had a dad as good.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Sat 14 May 2011, 19:09, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

If it helps at all, this is the perfect time to score, you'd totally get away with having an affair or two...
... can't do that for too long, I reckon you've got about 2 months worth of potential action if you play it right.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sat 14 May 2011, 20:21, Reply)

Advantages to having a dead dad, by gonz.
- More corner pieces of sheppard's pie, lasagnia or other baked goods
- When having home made chips, the left over ones because there were too many made to fit on everyone's plate, are totally yours.
- The ratio of non-broken egg yolks goes in your favour.
- Waaay more aspagous
- Get to watch hollyoaks on both normal _and_ E4.

Although you have to put up with ma' deleting everything you wanted off the sky box because it's on 25% full and ITV3 have some detective show based in some backwards village in the arse end of no where on.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sat 14 May 2011, 20:39, Reply)