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It's a difficult read; more of a personal/lived experience but with some stats and thoughts sprinkled through. I have two young'uns (3 years and 6 months), so
by NikolaNovak 5y ago
It's a difficult read; more of a personal/lived experience but with some stats and thoughts sprinkled through.
I have two young'uns (3 years and 6 months), so it was the title and its expansion that got to me the most; telling your kids that their parent is not coming back? I struggle to tell them when mommy is out for a grocery run!
I told the children early on Saturday morning. “Daddy isn’t coming back,” I said as we lay curled into each other in bed. “He didn’t want to live any more and he made himself die.”
- hmrr 5y agoI suspect it’s easier knowing that they aren’t coming back than having to explain that you don’t know when they will come back and what mood they will be in when they do get back. This was my ex wife for several years until I kicked her ass on the street. I’ve got three kids and they’re doing fine now she’s gone but the emotional damage of uncertainty is possibly worse than absolutes.
- willio58 5y agoGood on her for wording it like that. Too often I bet children are met with answers that don’t clearly describe the situation. Sadness is real and it isn’t wrong to feel deep sadness even as a child.