That would not be in any way your responsibilty, your fault, or your guilt to carry. Whether you carried it anyway would be another question, but you can't live in what ifs, you have to hold your boundaries and find a good therapist if all else fails.

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Sarah FitzGerald
Sarah FitzGerald

Written by Sarah FitzGerald

I write funny things about parenting and well researched things about linguistics

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