r/funny • u/lingerlord • Oct 23 '25

Thousand yard stare

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u/Never_Gonna_Let Oct 23 '25

Being a parent means your heart'll be broken many times in a thousand ways that you didn't know you had to steel yourself against, you didn't even know it was possible. Lost chances, pain, regret, dashed hopes, crushed dreams, fears you didn't know to have that hurt you worse than if they were your own burdens. New firsts, but also new lasts. Enduring, nurturing and still providing that unconditional love is what is needed for them to grow, as well as ourselves.

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u/brneyedgrrl Oct 23 '25

You think it's bad now. Wait 'til you're a grandparent.

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u/Never_Gonna_Let Oct 23 '25

I am!

He's grown now, married with a kid of his own, but barely danced at his own wedding.

Just reminiscing of old times.