The world's worst secret

The people, exclusively mothers, that I have talked to about the sadness of the world's most perfect teenager prioritizing friends over us attest that he will "come back" to us within a few years. BUT what if he doesn't! Besides, as it feels today, I won't survive these "few years" to come before it happens at best.

How have parents before us survive this, and why hasn't anyone said how terrible it is? Is it because no one would have children if they understood this grief before?

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