"Jose" wrote in message
om...
The hospital says I'm only allowed immediate family to visit. My best
mate of 30 years, whom I love like a brother, isn't allowed to visit.
This would irk him too, but he doesn't cry discrimination or equal rights
about it.

Would it irk you? Do you consider this "best mate" to =be= family?

Jose

No. He's not family. Nothing will change that. (unless he marries my sister
or something, and even then, he wouldn't pass as immediate family.)
Oz/Crash Lander