Thanks all. I needed the response, maybe its just what happens after the "high" of such an occasion, but I was feeling really down in the aftermath.

I shouldn't, nothing has really changed. She has a fine young man, disproving the myth that "nice guys" finish last and he is a "lucky man". She's a very decent human being, who thinks the world of him.

Now if I could just settle down and get on with all the stuff I've put on hold that has piled up over the past few months.

Think I'll go out and hack down some stinging nettles and think about what it might feel like to be called granny. I've got one more day of holidays before I have to contend with the other work stuff and perhaps getting my endorphins up, with a bit of physical labour, will help.