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    The wife of a friend of mine died a couple of days ago...5 kids we've known since they were little...now all late teens and 20's. She's been unwell for a long time. She was mid 50's - way too young.

    Shocking of me to be thinking of this at this time...but the funeral is on the same day I have the biggest meeting of my life scheduled in another state - 6 people involved and people flying in from various locations.

    I have no idea what to do. If I go to the funeral, it's probably going to jeopardise something I've been working on for a LONG time.

    If I don't go...I'm going to be filled with guilt.

    Torn.

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    • web conference the meeting?pango
    • If you were able to ask her what to do, what would she have said? I'm guessing the meeting. Talk to the husband and explain and maybe suggest a visit with him..Morning_star
    • ...to her resting place.Morning_star
    • Meetings can be rescheduled, funerals usually only happen once. No one fucks with it when you have a 'death in the family'DaveO
    • let your friend know. Go to the meeting. Do your job. When you get back, Go grocery shopping for the guy... buy lots of easy to prepare foods.exador1
    • about 3 years ago, my daughter was diagnosed with cancer. it was fucking brutal. my wife and i were so upset and fucked up with fear, it was hard to cope,exador1
    • our close friends helped by bringing food over, went grocery shopping for us, etc etc..exador1
    • it made a MASSIVE difference. it fucking helped,exador1
    • (ps, our daughter beat it, and is fine now, and in 2nd year of college)exador1
    • not long after our daughter got sick, one of my lifelong best friends wife was killed in a car accident. I was in a similar situation as you... but for me,exador1
    • I couldn't leave my daughter.. she was in and out of the hospital etc..,so i couldn't make teh funeral....exador1
    • about a month later, i was able to break away for the day, and was able to drive over to his town (about 2 hours away)exador1
    • and bring over a ton of food and stuff...
      and I'm glad i was able to do that for him...      exador1
    • Thanks for the notes. Just an update...funeral has ended up being family only...with a memorial service the following week.BusterBoy
    • We've been making the family meals for months now along with a bunch of other friends. It's all so fucking sad.BusterBoy
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