When You Know

When your boss calls you aside and asks why you are smiling all the time on the salary he gives you, you know he suspects you of raiding the till. When for three or more times your girlfriend cannot keep a date because she’s so busy, you know you’re about to be dumped. When your six-year-old granddaughter greets you with the question: ‘Where’s your credit card?’ you know your place in the family hierarchy. When your family doctor allows you to smoke and drink to your heart’s content, you know it’s time to make your will. When you are reading the obituary column and you happen to notice that you are included in it, you know that you failed to attend your own funeral.