r/existentialcrisiscat 12d ago

“What have I done!?”

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u/poet_andknowit 11d ago

Her expression reminds me of how I felt a few days after bringing my son home from the hospital. He was really a good baby, didn't cry unless he was hungry, uncomfortable, or needed to be changed. I'd had a C-section and was living with my parents, so I was exhausted in every way. It was Thursday night, and I had just finished giving him his evening bottle. I turned to my mom and said, in all seriousness, that I couldn't wait for the weekend. We just looked at each other and started laughing.

It was then that it really and truly hit me, and I thought holy shit, what the hell have I done? And now I'm truly stuck! LOL. That was 34 years ago and we still laugh about it.

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u/MoFoZed 11d ago

So it was all worth the fuss and heartache then?

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u/poet_andknowit 11d ago

Absolutely! As the saying goes: The days are long but the years are short!

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u/SlippingStar 10d ago

Goddamn if that saying ain’t true.

And really it’s only long when you’re at work 🤣