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[quote=Anonymous]I don't know how else to title this. My FIL passed last year of cirrhosis of the liver. He was a functional alcoholic. Charming and witty until the last couple years, but still. My kids are younger as I'm married to the youngest  so missed really his good years. The family line is that he lived life on his own terms and had a good time doing it. Meanwhile as basically a newcomer to the family I think he was a wonderful guy in the grip of a disease. The problem is that I have been straight forward with the kids and said he died because he drank too much alcohol. DH is on board with that. The problem as we get closer to Thanksgiving and our visit is that that isn't the party line. We're all supposed to go along with this "he was a free spirit " idea which is very confusing to my kids. They saw him be erratic because of the drinking and DH and I tried to mitigate it as much as possible, but it's hard when staying at the family home. So, do I just tell the kids other people have different ideas, or say that it's really hard to say that someone you loved had a problem? Tough stuff this.[/quote]

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