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Who really cares

jpf777777
jpf777777
When push comes to shove, who really cares? The wife you've been married to for 36 years? The two children that never call? The dog that runs away?

JP
setmefree77
setmefree77
Hard to answer. How long has your dog been gone? Maybe someone stole him? Maybe your kids think you don't care either?

I'm 51 and sure you are a little older - this "mid life" stuff sucks. We wonder, look back and forth and come to the conclusions, when push comes to shove, who really cares anyway. I can relate. I found out after leaving somewhere (that I thought was nurturing and supposedly loving) I'd been for over 10 years and no one really cared (or communicated it).
Kook
Kook
then im gonna take it the other way.

Then nobody really cares if i make mistakes. So then any guilt is unnecessary. ...I dont have to be sorry for anything.
deleted_user
deleted_user
hi jp.
i assume that that is your grandson in your picture. my grandfather was my hero when i was a young gaffer, and i'm willing to bet that is the case with him as well.

but honestly, i struggle w/ this also, especially this time of year.