Don't get me wrong, I love my family, but, I am paying a big price in pain to do what is right by them as long as I can drag into this office. I had to discuss going on extended leave with the doctor Tuesday. I may have to just give up the fight and retire. I do not want to have to take ben out of school and move, but, ecconomically atlanta or any big city is not the place to be on a fixed income. -----Original Message----- From: Cleveland, Kyle E. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 11:49 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: marriage Ken, I'm with you on the kids part, but if you're up front with a potential mate then that might be a mitigating factor. Problem is, with many of us CPer's, we were led to believe that our physical conditions would not worsen. Now that they have, a spouse might feel "cheated". It's a hard call. -Kyle -----Original Message----- From: Barber, Kenneth L. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 11:14 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Well, if I were single, I'd just retire, I'd not be considering how my failing physical condition was affecting a wife and kids. You dicide on what you want to do and not do. You don't decide what are we going to do and where are we going.