I sat in the living room, clenching my fists on the armrest's armrests. < img src = "https://zycie.news/crrops/a785b3/620x0/1/0/2025/03/02/dyix8unmkmzfcfcfcfozerxlpkzqszqnhuq7u7u7p1ukcw0.jpg" alt = "old lady @pexels" styles = "background-color: rgba (52,36,24,1)" > < p > I was ahead of me, my son & ndash; young, naive, with stubborn eyes, which I knew so well.

< p > — Dad, I don't want to go with you & oacute; cić — He said calmly. & Amp; MDASH; But this is my decision.

< p > — Decision ?! & Amp; MDASH; I broke out. & Amp; MDASH; Mikołaj, she is forty -eight years old!

< p > — And so what ?!

< p > — You are thirty -two! And me fifty -five! She is almost my age!

< p > He looked at me cold.

< p > — And if that doesn't bother me ?

< p > — Because you are blinded!

< p > I met her a few months ago. Tall, neat, confident. I immediately felt reluctance to her, although I tried to hide it.

< p > — I will not let you destroy his life — I told her face -to -face when my son did not hear.

< p > smiled mocking.

< p > — You think that this is your decision ?

< p > — M & oacute; j son is a young man. You are a mature woman. You know what you are doing. He no.

< p > — You underestimate your son — replied cold.

< p > — And that's why I won't let this wedding.

< p > Mikołaj did not give up.

< p > — You can't stop me — He said.

< p > — You are my son. And I know that one day you will regret.

< p > — I do not regret — he snarled.

< p > — And what if she does not want a family ? if she does not give you children ? if in a few years you see that she went in a different direction ?

< p > hesitated.

< p > only for a while.

< p > but I saw it.

< p > — It's my life, dad — He said finally. & Amp; MDASH; And you must accept it.

< p > I did not accept.

< p > I did not go to the wedding.

< p > I did not accept them in my home.

< p > and for the rest of my life I wondered if I really lost my son & hellip;

< p > & Hellip; or maybe he lost me.

Natasha Kumar

By Natasha Kumar

Natasha Kumar has been a reporter on the news desk since 2018. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining The Times Hub, Natasha Kumar worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my natasha@thetimeshub.in 1-800-268-7116