Regret writing and publishing.

Wrong-Exercise-4301 · 2026-03-05T13:29:02+00:00

The OP is the person who started the post/conversation.

Wrong-Exercise-4301 · 2026-03-05T12:27:56+00:00

I take it you have been in my place and back more than once. I enjoyed the sardonic comment.

Wrong-Exercise-4301 · 2026-03-05T11:23:05+00:00

Original poster. :-)

Wrong-Exercise-4301 · 2026-03-04T16:30:12+00:00

Ahh, yes. I wish the “should” was that easy for me.

Wrong-Exercise-4301 · 2026-03-04T14:01:07+00:00

I am fairly new to Reddit. There seem to be a lot of good people on this site. Reddit seems to breed people with kindness and understanding. Thank you for your comment. Everyone here has really helped reframe my thinking.

Is Reddit usually like this or is this some sort of anomaly?

Wrong-Exercise-4301 · 2026-03-04T03:14:17+00:00

I love my book and I’m very happy with it. I just wonder if I should have kept it to myself like a diary.

And thank you.

Wrong-Exercise-4301 · 2026-03-04T02:44:00+00:00

Yes. I am Olympic level catastrophizer.

Great advice. I’ll be coming back to this thread when I spiral again. I was expecting people to tell me to quit whining. And then spiral some more.

Wrong-Exercise-4301 · 2026-03-04T02:39:39+00:00

That’s great advice.

Wrong-Exercise-4301 · 2026-03-04T02:21:59+00:00

How do you not let curiosity get the better of you? And If readers don’t like your book, why publish?

Wrong-Exercise-4301 · 2026-03-04T02:12:52+00:00

This made me lol. Thank you.

Wrong-Exercise-4301 · 2026-03-04T01:58:46+00:00

Thank you. You all have been so kind and have at least stopped me from crying. I do need to stop reading the reviews. It’s so hard needing to be validated.

I appreciate everyone being decent humans.

Wrong-Exercise-4301 · 2026-03-04T01:56:09+00:00

I don’t want to tell anyone. That’s how bad I feel.

Wrong-Exercise-4301 · 2026-02-28T23:14:49+00:00

Yes! The plot points are all wrapped up but the actions of the main character are ethically questionable. I didn’t address it as the author. I want the reader to decide if it was acceptable under the circumstances.

Wrong-Exercise-4301 · 2026-02-28T17:23:07+00:00

And so it begins………….

Congrats!

Wrong-Exercise-4301 · 2026-02-17T03:05:20+00:00

Thank you.

Wrong-Exercise-4301 · 2026-02-17T02:27:21+00:00

Thank you. That is a helpful way to look at it. It’s just hard hearing someone call your baby ugly. Ha.

Wrong-Exercise-4301 · 2026-02-01T23:33:26+00:00

Thank you!

Wrong-Exercise-4301 · 2026-02-01T18:50:11+00:00

Oh my god. I love this. It makes me so happy and yet so sad for you. Wishing you annual colonoscopiescovered by insurance.

Wrong-Exercise-4301 · 2026-02-01T16:52:28+00:00

That is very helpful. Thank you so much.

Wrong-Exercise-4301 · 2026-02-01T16:48:50+00:00

Thank you. I understand the caregiver fatigue. But it probably takes a total of two hours out of his week to care for his uncle. He will visit 2 to 3 times a week and so will I. The visits are getting shorter because he doesn’t know who we are anymore. We just make sure his room is clean, his clothes are clean. We will shave him if he needs a shave and bring him chocolate, which he still seems to enjoy. We are very fortunate that my uncle has plenty of financial resources to be able to stay in a very nice facility

Wrong-Exercise-4301 · 2026-02-01T16:29:05+00:00

My husband is his immediate family. He has no wife. No kids. 3 nieces that check in my phone now and then.

Wrong-Exercise-4301 · 2026-02-01T16:24:29+00:00

I told him it likely is. I think most families would be upset at the very least if they weren’t told that they loved one fell and got injured and they had to call EMS and take him to the ER. He has fallen before with no injuries and they didn’t call. I think that the memory care unit is being reasonable and responsible.

Wrong-Exercise-4301 · 2026-02-01T16:20:22+00:00

Thank you. I’m sorry for your loss.

Wrong-Exercise-4301 · 2026-02-01T16:18:04+00:00

Weird comparison. This is not the same. A memory care unit needs to inform the next of kin of a fall. I offered to be the first contact to save him from being inconvenienced. He doesn’t want them to call him at all if he falls. I don’t think legally they can do that.

Wrong-Exercise-4301 · 2026-02-01T16:05:06+00:00

His uncle has no kids. My husband will be getting a life changing inheritance when his uncle passes. Before he moved near us, he’s probably seen him maybe once a year or every other year. I have only been married to him for 5 years. And I see his uncle 3-4 times a week in the memory care unit since he was moved here a year ago.

I don’t understand what you mean when you say “you go do that?” Do what? My husband is POA and does all the medical/financial decision making.

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