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Parents Spent 14 Years Blaming Their Son For Grandfather’s Death, So He Finally Reveals His Biggest Secret
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Parents Spent 14 Years Blaming Their Son For Grandfather’s Death, So He Finally Reveals His Biggest Secret

Parents Spent 14 Years Blaming Their Son For Grandfather’s Death, So He Shares Why He Did ItParents Spent 14 Years Blaming Their Son For Grandfather's Death, So He Finally Reveals His Biggest SecretParents Blame Their Son For Grandfather's Death, So He Shares Why He Did ItParents Have Been Blaming Child For Grandfather's Death For 14 Years, But The Kid Knows A Secret They Don'tParents Spent 14 Years Blaming Their Child For Grandfather's Death, But The Kid Has A SecretGuy Got Blamed For Grandfather's Death By Parents, But They Had No Idea What Actually HappenedGuy Shares The Biggest Secret About His Role In Grandfather's Death, And His Parents Have No ClueParents Blame Son For Grandfather's Death, He Explains What Really Happened In A Chillingly Honest PostParents Spent 14 Years Blaming Their Son For Grandfather's Death, But They Had No Idea What Actually HappenedParents Blame Their Son For Grandfather's Death, But They Have No Idea What Actually Happened
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We all have burdens to carry, but the hardest ones are those you have to hide from others. For 14 years, these parents have been blaming their child for his grandfather’s death. Mainly, for not watching after him when it happened and for not trying to save his life. The kid, however, has a secret that would change their minds instantly. He has been carrying this huge load for all of this time and he’s probably doomed to continue for the rest of his life.

Probably to get some closure, the 28-year-old has just decided to anonymously share the story with the internet. “The way I tell the story is kinda nonchalant,” he wrote. “It was so long ago that I’ve had time to cope and think about what happened and how it changed me.” Scroll down to read the confession and let us know what you think about it in the comments.

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    One 28 year-old has a secret to share, the one he can’t keep to himself any longer

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    He hasn’t even told his parents

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    Naturally, commenters had a lot of questions for him, and he was prepared to answer

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    People wanted to know how he was coping with it afterward

    Wait, so how young was he?

    What about the parents? Do they know anything?

    So he was only a teen when it happened

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     Some were amazed that he actually shared it online

    Others simply called him a hero

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    Rokas Laurinavičius

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    Rokas is a writer at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. After working for a sculptor, he fell in love with visual storytelling and enjoys covering everything from TV shows (any Sopranos fans out there?) to photography. Throughout his years in Bored Panda, over 300 million people have read the posts he's written, which is probably more than he could count to.

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    Rokas Laurinavičius

    Rokas Laurinavičius

    Author, BoredPanda staff

    Rokas is a writer at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. After working for a sculptor, he fell in love with visual storytelling and enjoys covering everything from TV shows (any Sopranos fans out there?) to photography. Throughout his years in Bored Panda, over 300 million people have read the posts he's written, which is probably more than he could count to.

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    Neeraj Jha
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    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kudos to this person for handling the situation and himself so well even being a teenager. Proves that age has nothing to do with maturity.

    jenna
    Community Member
    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is a thing..... that everyone nowadays is defined by age and everything society bestows on the needs and cunnings of a certain age. In this case, grandfather and grandson were perfectly able to conduct the things that need to be done. But, society does not accept when people do things differently. Such shortmindedness can be killing. Kudos to this person for handling the situation so properly.

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    A S Koziol
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    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One of my friends works in the ICU and she regularly has to revive elderly patients because the family wants it. She says she can't understand why the family thinks this is helping because the patient almost always ends up with broken ribs along with a raw bronchial tube from the intubation. Once the patient revives, they are in constant pain, can't get adequate rest to heal quickly, and almost all of them die within a week and because of the broken ribs, the chance of being revived again is very small. So all the family did was ensure the patient lived their last week in terrible pain from every breath, and take away the dignity of passing on their own time.

    jenna
    Community Member
    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please wish your friend well. She/he has a terrifying job, knowing you have to hurt the dying more than they would want or wish.

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    stellermatt
    Community Member
    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Usually when someone dies the people left behind want something to 'blame' a disease, or a reason or something like that, it feels like the parents don't want to blame the grandparent even though it's his choice he's the reason he went when he went, so they blame their kid, that's a huge amount of blame to lay on someone so young. Hopefully, if they know all the facts as we do, they can forgive and forget? Easy to say I guess.

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    Neeraj Jha
    Community Member
    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kudos to this person for handling the situation and himself so well even being a teenager. Proves that age has nothing to do with maturity.

    jenna
    Community Member
    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is a thing..... that everyone nowadays is defined by age and everything society bestows on the needs and cunnings of a certain age. In this case, grandfather and grandson were perfectly able to conduct the things that need to be done. But, society does not accept when people do things differently. Such shortmindedness can be killing. Kudos to this person for handling the situation so properly.

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    A S Koziol
    Community Member
    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One of my friends works in the ICU and she regularly has to revive elderly patients because the family wants it. She says she can't understand why the family thinks this is helping because the patient almost always ends up with broken ribs along with a raw bronchial tube from the intubation. Once the patient revives, they are in constant pain, can't get adequate rest to heal quickly, and almost all of them die within a week and because of the broken ribs, the chance of being revived again is very small. So all the family did was ensure the patient lived their last week in terrible pain from every breath, and take away the dignity of passing on their own time.

    jenna
    Community Member
    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please wish your friend well. She/he has a terrifying job, knowing you have to hurt the dying more than they would want or wish.

    Load More Replies...
    stellermatt
    Community Member
    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Usually when someone dies the people left behind want something to 'blame' a disease, or a reason or something like that, it feels like the parents don't want to blame the grandparent even though it's his choice he's the reason he went when he went, so they blame their kid, that's a huge amount of blame to lay on someone so young. Hopefully, if they know all the facts as we do, they can forgive and forget? Easy to say I guess.

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