{"id":202,"date":"2005-11-15T10:04:57","date_gmt":"2005-11-15T14:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/snarl\/2005\/11\/15\/i-should-have-known-better\/"},"modified":"2005-11-15T10:04:57","modified_gmt":"2005-11-15T14:04:57","slug":"i-should-have-known-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/2005\/11\/15\/i-should-have-known-better\/","title":{"rendered":"I Should Have Known Better"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Remember a week or so ago when I blogged about how whenever I do fun things\/have fun disaster subsequently strikes the people around me? After that posting, I received loads of emails and phone calls from people telling me I’m over-reacting.<\/P>
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Well, here’s additional proof.<\/P>
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As I blogged about yesterday and the day before, I had a fabulous weekend. A great time from beginning to end and probably one of the best weekends I’ve had in ages. Of course, I should have know where that would lead.<\/P>
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On Monday I heard from my Mom. First she tells me that my sister-in-law’s grandfather died on Sunday. This is the same sister-in-law who’s daughter (my niece) died in September and who was also diagnosed herself with the same disease and is now confined to a wheelchair. Ugh. I didn’t know her grandfather very well…but did see him frequently during family gatherings (holidays, weddings, birthdays).<\/P>
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But it gets worse. Then my Mom tells me that on Monday, my aunt died. She’d been in a nursing home for years and put up a long fight with various medical issues.<\/P>
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I’ve come to the conclusion that my enjoyment comes at other people’s expense – plain and simple. I’m cursed. The more fun I have, the more carnage that follows. I guess the safest things for all of my friends and family is to hang around with me at all times. Otherwise, it’s too risky.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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