Give Me A Break

You can tell when there are too many lawyers in a given society by the number of frivolous lawsuits. Of course it takes a few stupid people to form the basis of the litigation, but when people make a living by suing McDonalds for selling hot coffee or get caught trying to sue Wendys for putting fingers in bowls of chili, you can be pretty sure that things are out of hand.

I'm proposing that we might be facing a similar over-supply of psychiatrists since they've recently started running around offering counseling to people doing genealogical research.

"LONDON -- Genealogists want psychotherapy to be made available for people who stumble across unpleasant discoveries while researching their family history.

Britain's Society of Genealogists is one of several organizations concerned that amateur historians are not sufficiently prepared for the secrets they might uncover in their family records and could need counseling to help them through the emotional process."

So finding out that your family tree doesn't have any branches is considered stressful?

I'm offering some advice of my own...

GET A GRIP AND DEAL WITH IT.