Should I Attend My Father-in-laws Funeral, Or Go Boating?
Thursday, December 17th, 2009Sadly, my wife’s father has died at a rather inconvenient time. I say this because in early July, some chums from the Raffles club and I like to on a boating expedition for a couple of weeks. We have a rip-roariously good time with gin, pork and ludicrous wagers.
Now this damned funeral. Would it be frowned upon if I didn’t attend? I want to go and have a merriment on a boat, and not sit there pretending to be mournful, for pity’s sake. How can I get out of it and spend my time without guilt, lolling around a boat, drinking gin and generally having a damn good wheeze?