Life changes thread: What up y'all?

[friendship]

I'm really glad to hear that you've forgiven yourself. I don't think any of us set out to be "bad" people (except psychopaths I guess) or make mistakes on purpose. I think you're right—I did my best with the tools and information I had, insufficient as they may have been. How could I have done anything else? At any age, it's our first time being alive (that we're aware of, anyway). Our entire lives are a process of becoming.

[dubkitty]

and the 20th/21st centuries did not come with a handbook.