For me it started with the line about invisible threads which I thought was a reference to the quote from Henry Melvill:
We cannot live for ourselves alone. Our lives are connected by a thousand invisible threads, and along these sympathetic fibers, our actions run as causes and return to us as results.
Also I made it a point of telling him I’ll be there for him as long as I can. My younger brother died when he was 2 though, so it was kinda on my mind around that time. I know he’s not really thinking about, but we try to be honest and enjoy as much time together as possible.
Genuinely got a chuckle. I imagine it may have been meant as a subtle preparation for the fact he will eventually pass away, masked as a joke about absenteeism.
Interesting that you read it a bit differently than me, I interpreted it as he means that he’ll for sure pass away but hides it from his child, so I found it touching and quite sad because it’s a lie about a much more serious thing than all the other lies!
Wow, the way the last line is such a sudden tone change from the other ones reeeeeally got me
For me it started with the line about invisible threads which I thought was a reference to the quote from Henry Melvill:
Dad of a 7yo here. I’m teary now.
Also I made it a point of telling him I’ll be there for him as long as I can. My younger brother died when he was 2 though, so it was kinda on my mind around that time. I know he’s not really thinking about, but we try to be honest and enjoy as much time together as possible.
Genuinely got a chuckle. I imagine it may have been meant as a subtle preparation for the fact he will eventually pass away, masked as a joke about absenteeism.
But damn was it funny
Interesting that you read it a bit differently than me, I interpreted it as he means that he’ll for sure pass away but hides it from his child, so I found it touching and quite sad because it’s a lie about a much more serious thing than all the other lies!