Originally Posted by MisterV View Post
Originally Posted by Garnabby View Post
The thing that I don't get is that with a wife half his age, and, no kids, is what "family matters" there could be. Ha.
Really, you've no idea?

Here's a couple possibilities to explain why he prioritizes family over this forum...

1) A parent or sibling is in such a state of medical / cognitive decline that regnis must now care for them: major readjustment in one's life;

2) His family member is in deep trouble, be it with drugs or otherwise, and he's involved in trying to solve the situation; or

3) His marriage is in trouble and he needs to drop everything to try and save it.

There are other possibilities...shall I continue?
I've dealt with a lot of extended visits in hospitals, and, with a few (of my many deceased) relatives in nursing homes, but, then, with a lot more time on my hands to find other things to do while those persons fell asleep, the nursing shifts changed (takes about an hour), and, etc.

I don't consider a wife half one's age to be a familial, but, an anomaly awaiting an unpredictable, but brief, disaster.

Anyway, what chance that someone with decades of racing charts in the basement, who gave it up because too old, and, a wife half his age, still has parents?