So I'm watching Law & Order: Special Victims Unit the other day. A heartbroken father who's daughter was shot to death (by herself, it turns out) recalls his final words to her during an argument, something like:
"I told her 'If you get yourself in trouble, don't go coming back here.'"
If it's possible for a parent to somehow look extra sad, he's it, because his last words to her were so unkind.
Cheer up! Here are three reasons why you are not necessarily a horrible father.
1. Your final sentence wasn't a bad one. Choices have consequences, and she made a choice. You can't control others' free will.
2. If you still feel bad, and if she's in an afterlife, then you've got plenty of time to make it up to her. Get over yourself, and get busy!
3. If you still feel bad, and if she's not in an afterlife, then she's not feeling bad, so why should you?
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