Without question, it was when my 2nd wife asked me permission to quit fighting for her life. We both knew she was exhausted and had no quality of life left and no hope of being made comfortable, much less well. She wanted my permission to die, and wanted me to let go. But it felt like I was betraying her, even apart from my selfish desire not to see her die, and even understanding her suffering. Somehow I found the strength to release her, but that is hands down the hardest question I've ever been asked.

When it was time to put my Raini girl down & the Vet said 'are you sure'? My mind screamed - F*** no! But my heart wouldnt let her suffer any longer just because I wanted her with me forever.

"Are you and mom ever going to get back together?" So much easier to tell everybody else, "Oh hell no!"

It appears it's going to be this one because there are hundreds of thousands of questions I've had to answer throughout my life and after arriving at this point, I don't remember which was which. What to do? What to do?

Never having had children, l was never faced with the really tough questions most of you have had to answer. I suppose the toughest was why l wanted out of a relationship. It has also been the most difficult response l have had to listen to when l have asked that same question. Not that tough compared to most, l guess.

What would you die for?

Boxers or briefs? Thank Satan for boxer-briefs so I never have to choose.

Answering honestly when my son asked where his cat was when the cat had died the night before.

Do you take this woman... etc etc etc. Lol

I can honestly think of two that may not be the absolute hardest but to the best of my memory they’re still up at the top haha.

1. From my younger sister after the family dog died “I don’t think I can handle this...it’s like...the first actual death I’ve ever really had to deal with. How do you get over this stuff?”
   My response (after a consoling hug) “it happens so much you eventually just get used it...”
2. One of my students asked me why electron shell concepts with atoms don’t seem to make any sense, especially with exceptions to almost every rule. “Why does it do that? How am I supposed to understand how it does that?”
   My response “you aren’t expected to understand it...ultimately nobody else really does either. You just use the info you’re assuming scientists aren’t lying about. Sometimes stuff just is what it is...”

When little kids ask about war.

Is he ok?