Might as well

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I would like to know the meaning of next sentence.If I'm going to get yelled at...It might as well be when she has laryngitis.

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I'm not sure which part you don't understand.

He's taking advantage of the fact that she can't yell at him to lay some bad news on her.

We use "might as well" when we're taking advantage of an opportunity.
It could be (for example) like killing two birds with one stone.

I've heard it's a sign you're growing old if when you're down on your knees to pick something up, you say, "Hmmm, what else should I do while I'm down here?"
"While I'm down here to tie my shoe, I might as well clean under the bed." (Then I won't have to stoop down again.)

Sometimes we say, "I might just as well do X."

It may be a shortened form of "just as well as not."

Since I'm here, it's not going to cost me any more to do the second job.

We might read more into the story, and guess that he wants to take Irma to the game anyway, and he knows that she'll yell at him for that.
So everything is working out well for him. She's sick and can't go. He can take Irma. She can't yell at him. Timing is everything!

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