Family, especially children, can and will suck the life blood out of you. There are risks, joys and benefits on both sides of the street. Our children are grown and gone. Living their lives. The only time they talk to us on social media is when they want something. PERIOD. As a father I required them to follow the rules. Now they hate me. Oh well.... Solitude is wonderful. Now if I could just figure out how to get rid of the dogs and cats with out having to put my wife into a mental facility.