Deleted, again. I promised myself no more off-topic posts. Ehh, forget it: I need to vent, and the people in my inner circle are too traumatized.
I am going to the funeral of an infant next week: the grandson of a very close friend and the nephew of one of my son's good friends. My son needs to go but probably won't because he doesn't want to see me and, like his father, is almost pathologically afraid of confrontation. I wrote to his father and asked him to encourage our son to attend and support his friend. This is such a horrific loss that any fear of seeing me should be thrown to the wayside.
His father ignored my entreaties, and I know my son won't go. They both seriously need to man up.
UGH.
To bring this around to the thread title, I selfishly kind of wish the event were virtual.
Just throwing this out there into the ether. . . I feel better already.