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Sad & Awkward
Jun. 1st, 2007 12:03 amThose of you in Tejas may have heard that a game warden drowned this week trying to save a swimmer.
Some of you may recall that my little sister used to be a game warden, and met her husband—still a game warden—in the academy. They knew the deceased (he was assigned just one county over from BIL's post).
My BIL worked with him on several occasions (vacation coverage and the like).
He was there when they recovered the body.
My first instinct is to reach out, to say something... but we're not close. He doesn't necessarily dislike me (but I wouldn't go so far as to say he likes me, either). I don't think I've said a dozen sentences to him (nor he to me) in the 10 years they've been married ("Hi Preston" and "How's it going" don't count).
I have no illusions that we'll ever bond (he's just not built that way, and I'm way too much of a freak for him)... but sheesh. I'm sad for him, and sadder still that I am so torn over what (if anything) to do about it.
I'll probably just email my sister and have her pass on the sentiment so as not to be intrusive or overwhelming to him.
*sigh*
Some of you may recall that my little sister used to be a game warden, and met her husband—still a game warden—in the academy. They knew the deceased (he was assigned just one county over from BIL's post).
My BIL worked with him on several occasions (vacation coverage and the like).
He was there when they recovered the body.
My first instinct is to reach out, to say something... but we're not close. He doesn't necessarily dislike me (but I wouldn't go so far as to say he likes me, either). I don't think I've said a dozen sentences to him (nor he to me) in the 10 years they've been married ("Hi Preston" and "How's it going" don't count).
I have no illusions that we'll ever bond (he's just not built that way, and I'm way too much of a freak for him)... but sheesh. I'm sad for him, and sadder still that I am so torn over what (if anything) to do about it.
I'll probably just email my sister and have her pass on the sentiment so as not to be intrusive or overwhelming to him.
*sigh*
