The annual cycle of friends and family, meeting An oil and water duty of circumstance, intersecting At Christmases and global conferences, occasioning Probable murders at Christmas in the families, mixing Their duty to drink but live distant lives apart, loving The comfortable satisfaction of the distance, living Their lives with social media connections, liking The comfort of ignoring without unfriending Their oil and water friends and family.
So
I have supplanted this duty with desire, allowing Me to unfriend these occasional friends, becoming Myself at last with a vicarious pleasure of, enjoying Being a stereotypical βGrumpy Old Manβ, relaxing.