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My father in law, MY FRIEND died 5 weeks ago. I sat with hin and watched him die the last week of his life. It was terrible, but i loved him. After 20 years of hunting together, the last 3 yearsI drove himt to his stand, made sure he was in good, talked on the radio's to him and picked him up every day, morning and night, loaded and skinned a deer if he shot one, WHY, cause thats what your supossed to do for your true friends. Anyone who wouldn't do it for a true friend isn't really a friend. I know the friends I hunt with would do it for me.
Tell your wife thats what he lives for......my father in law was 64. He wasn't ready to die. He had so much want left in him, he wasn't ready and it pains me to think about it. Bad liver and kidney's got him.
X2. Sorry to hear about the passing. You are rich. 20 years of bonding like that.... I would give almost
anything to be able to hunt for just one year with a dad/father-in-law.
Lesson: life is short, live it to the fullest. I don't mean to tell you how to be the man of your house, but if it were me, I would tell me wife that I am taking the gentleman, and that she's going to have to live with it. Good luck and God bless.