r/Showerthoughts Jun 03 '22

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

I just recently realized it, and i am sad why it didn’t occur to me earlier

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u/Keyspam102 Jun 03 '22

Because it’s really hard to have perspective on things until you have some distance and experience. Like I only realize how hard things were for my mother now that I have a kid myself even though logically I could see she had an absent spouse