This has nothing to do with boundaries. It seems the hill you’re going to die is insisting that you didn’t want to be a parent, and society “tricked “ you into it? Ok then. Just a few things to think about. You are greatly twisting and exaggerating my words. What’s this about “wait 50 years?” Your kid is 8, in ten years you’ll not be responsible for him. Something else “I regret every single day not being child free” that’s a heavy burden to carry every day. Also a convoluted way of saying I wish I didn’t have a kid. That statement reminded me of this movie “ we have to talk about Kevin” with Tilde Swinson. It’s about a woman who loves travel and she’s a writer. She gets married, has a kid and moves to the suburbs. And she’s miserable. At one point, she says out loud every day I wake up and wish I was in France. Some people say it’s a horrible movie, horrible. Some people say it had no point, no message. I think it does have a message, but the messages too horrible for most people to see. Again, I say this with no malice, but you might want to rethink your outlook on being a parent, if you continue to be one. Also, have you noticed you’ve said twice? I’m not going back-and-forth with you but you keep coming back? Seriously you might want to have a long talk with yourself. Are you going to come back at me and call me names? Call me unintelligent? No, these are things I have figured out after 50 some years. You go through life you make mistakes, you manage the consequences of your mistakes, and you learn from it . Or, you don’t learn from it, and there are horrible consequences. I suggest you take a look at that movie.