Dylan Brock (616) (
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AITA For not telling someone I'm their kid from another timeline??
On mobile so sorry if the formatting is bad.
I (14) came here through a confluence and met someone (mid 30s ish??) who is very clearly an alternate universe version of my parent (keeping genders vague hope that's OK, i wanna keep us anonymous if i can). Like, same name and powers and everything. But they don't know who I am & haven't heard of me.
I keep almost telling them who I am but I can't go through with it. I'm scared they'll start resenting me for dumping that responsibility on them. AITA for keeping quiet about it??
@callidus » text
Maybe that's paranoid of me, but I don't have the best... experiences to judge by. Like I said. Time's tricky, you wanna be careful with it.
That said, I certainly don't think it makes you an asshole not to drop a bomb like that in someone's lap, especially if you have no idea how they might react to it. Where does it leave you if they DO reject you or resent you for it? Sounds like a hell of a lotta heartbreak for nothing, if you ask me.
@u/AUchildthrowaway616
Yeah, that's what I'm worried about exactly. Like, what if someone walked up to me one day and said they were my kid? I don't know what I'd do then.
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It's a reasonable worry to have. Maybe just try to talk to them more generally, and go from there. You might be able to gauge all of this a lot easier once you know this version of them better.
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@buttstallion
[ does she have a horse in this race? no.
does she like telling people they are terrible and seeing what happens? yes ]
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im just sayin if i had an adult person obligated to ENJOY MY PRESENCE i would not BAR THEM THE JOY
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