I know he means well. We go back nearly thirty years and the three of us have seen some serious turbulence in that time. We often wonder how two control freaks and a horse whisperer have managed to stay friends for so long. She laughingly calls he and I 'Team Shrek' which is a perfect foil for her quietly spoken determination. Now the Energiser Bunny has joined the mix we are an odd crew indeed.
I guess me being cross with him (for doing what he always does) is a cover for the shock of it all. I always thought I'd be the one on the pointy end of the cancer stick and there is a sense of disbelief that the cards appear to have fallen differently. Bugger, bugger, bugger poos and wees.