National Father-in-Law Day

30th July

‘But it’s always there in the morning, ain’t it - the truth? And it’s here right now. You’re just feelin’ sorry for yourself. That’s all it is - self-pity. You didn’t kill Skipper. He killed himself. You and Skipper and millions like ya are livin’ in a kid’s world, playin’ games, touchdowns, no worries, no responsibilities. Life ain’t no damn football game. Life ain’t just a bunch of high spots. You’re a thirty-year old kid. Soon you’ll be a fifty-year old kid, pretendin’ you’re hearin’ cheers when there ain’t any. Dreamin’ and drinkin’ your life away. Heroes in the real world live twenty-four hours a day, not just two hours in a game. Mendacity, you won’t…you won’t live with mendacity but you’re an expert at it. The truth is pain and sweat and payin’ bills and makin’ love to a woman that you don’t love anymore. Truth is dreams that don’t come true and nobody prints your name in the paper ’til you die…The truth is, you never grow’d up. Grown-ups don’t hang up on their friends…and they don’t hang up on their wives…and they don’t hang up on life. Now that’s the truth and that’s what you can’t face!’

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Tennessee Williams