I love my wife and all, but Jesus Hercules Christ...

**Buster Highmen** · 05-20-2020, 04:11 PM

I can handle cats passing.
I can't handle a dogs passing.
Ms. Highmen is on the same page here.

My kids damn well better outlast me.

**plugboots** · 05-20-2020, 04:44 PM

Originally Posted by Buster Highmen

I can handle cats passing.
I can't handle a dogs passing.
Ms. Highmen is on the same page here.

My kids damn well better outlast me.

You and me, my man.

**iceman** · 05-20-2020, 04:52 PM

Originally Posted by Buster Highmen

My kids damn well better outlast me.

oh fuck dude. 100%. One of my best friend's daughter died in a super-random car crash at 18. Freshman in college. Four people in the car, she was the only one that even got seriously hurt. Spectacular absolutely beautiful girl. A wild spirit. A completely free person, she was up for and open to anything. She was in the front seat and had just unbuckled her seat belt to turn around and talk to the people in back. Got thrown out the window and the car rolled over her.

I seriously don't think I could survive that. I would not live long. How he -they- have is beyond me. I'm about to cry just thinking about it.

https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...highlight=Alex

**Norseman** · 05-20-2020, 04:59 PM

life ain't guaranteed... love your people while you can

**Mofro261** · 05-20-2020, 05:19 PM

Originally Posted by Buster Highmen

I can handle cats passing.
I can't handle a dogs passing.
Ms. Highmen is on the same page here.

My kids damn well better outlast me.

Right there with ya B.

Our dog is now 12 and slowing down considerably, so the Mrs decided we needed a puppy to perk him up again. Of course the Mrs also started a new job March 1 that will supposedly have a good bit of travel once things open up again. New pup will arrive mid June but her travel "probably wont pick up until July."

**John_B** · 05-20-2020, 05:23 PM

We got a puppy 3 weeks before my wife flew up to Bristol Bay for 6 weeks of gillnetting. I love the dog and am super happy we have her but the timing on that was suspect at best.

**iceman** · 05-20-2020, 05:23 PM

Originally Posted by Norseman

life ain't guaranteed... love your people while you can

I was a little sick of my people after 2 months of lockdown honestly. Just thinking about Alex right now has made me realize it. Thanks beautiful girl.

**The Suit** · 05-20-2020, 05:59 PM

Originally Posted by Buster Highmen

My kids damn well better outlast me.

When I was 15 I was badly injured in a car crash that killed my best friend. It wasn't until I had kids of my own that I finally understood what I'd put my parents through.

**dan_pdx** · 05-20-2020, 06:01 PM

Originally Posted by waxman

I campaigned heavily for 2 dishwashers when we built the house based on the old thread here, like the dog battle I lost that one too. I think we were emptying it so the top rack was done but kudos to you for noticing.

I have some friends who bought a house that was originally built for an orthodox Jewish family. It has 2 sinks, dishwashers, ovens...probably room for two refrigerators too, though I don't recall if they actually are using two fridges or not. Mixed blessing because they've now been volunteered to host all their family events.

**iceman** · 05-20-2020, 06:06 PM

@ suit: I have kind of routinely almost-died through my whole life. Weird thing about my life, but whatever, I'm still here. Glad my parents didn't have to face that. And I really really hope I never have to. I'd kill myself in a second to save my kids. 100%. No doubt. In a heartbeat.

Being helpless in a situation like that is literally my worst nightmare Literally. I've had that dream.

**Buster Highmen** · 05-20-2020, 06:16 PM

That's my no dog reasoning; I end up being so attached, their passing is too much to go through. All that stuff, those thoughts and analogies bring me close to tears as well.

That, and I want to travel and ski the Sella Ronda, the Oberalp Pass and La Grave (again) with my wife. Vendages in sauternes and the cote des nuits, fall truffle risotto in Tuscany.

**El Chupacabra** · 05-20-2020, 06:45 PM

Originally Posted by Norseman

life ain't guaranteed... love your people while you can

This.

**Buster Highmen** · 05-20-2020, 06:46 PM

Originally Posted by Norseman

life ain't guaranteed... love your people while you can

^2.

**Buster Highmen** · 05-20-2020, 06:47 PM

Originally Posted by Mofro261

Our dog is now 12 and slowing down considerably,

Can't be. It was only a couple of years ago I had to teach him to stay off the tails when touring.

**frorider** · 05-20-2020, 07:32 PM

Life moves so goddamn fast.

**AK47bp** · 05-20-2020, 07:52 PM

Well this got depressing.

Go hug your wives.

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**frorider** · 05-20-2020, 07:53 PM

And mistresses

**iceman** · 05-20-2020, 08:24 PM

Originally Posted by AK47bp

Well this got depressin

Sorry man. I get sad when I think about Alex. Don't mean to put it on you guys. My bad.

**AK47bp** · 05-20-2020, 08:31 PM

[QUOTE=iceman;5988554]

Originally Posted by AK47bp

Well this got depressin[//gQUOTE]

Sorry man. I get sad when I think about Alex. Don't mean to put it on you guys. My bad.

Oh I was kind of kidding. Although when I read your story I then began to plan out the details of my own suicide if something happened to my daughter. Then I started planning what I would do to the person that did something to her to really make them suffer. Then those thoughts spiral into getting my affairs in order prior. Down the rabbit hole I go.

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**Meadow Skipper** · 05-21-2020, 12:18 PM

Well, this thread has turned in a direction where I don’t feel bad telling this story. My wife seriously loved cats and so we always had a couple, and fed strays and neighborhood cats. She passed away a couple years ago, leaving me with two house cats and my promises to take the best care of them and keep feeding strays. A page or two ago oftpiste (I think it was) mentioned how great it is to be single and be able to come and go on his own schedule. I was seriously, seriously jealous. And I feel guilty about it.

**liv2ski** · 05-21-2020, 12:36 PM

Any adult kids to pawn the cats off to? I always tell my youngest she has to watch the cats if we ever move for a few years to which she replies "only if I get Gunther too". That is a no go for me. I love that boy.

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**muted** · 05-21-2020, 12:55 PM

If my wife dies on me, I'm flushing all the fish down the toilet ASAP.

**oftpiste** · 05-21-2020, 12:57 PM

FWIW MS,

When I got single I was left with the cat. He got sick and eventually had to be put down (which I felt guilty about though I'm not sure why). Your time will come. I'm sorry you had to become single the way you did.

Originally Posted by Meadow Skipper

Well, this thread has turned in a direction where I don’t feel bad telling this story. My wife seriously loved cats and so we always had a couple, and fed strays and neighborhood cats. She passed away a couple years ago, leaving me with two house cats and my promises to take the best care of them and keep feeding strays. A page or two ago oftpiste (I think it was) mentioned how great it is to be single and be able to come and go on his own schedule. I was seriously, seriously jealous. And I feel guilty about it.