#long time running: the RJ fic where we unpack single sad sniper dad mental health - how do you move on when you weren't exactly planning to?

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r/amitheasshole u/singlesadsniperdad420

Throwaway account. Wife (F21) died a few years back. Son (M3) is deathly ill. There's this girl (F23) who's Vault dealt with my kid's illness and so she moved across the Wasteland to help. A couple weeks ago me (M23) and her found a bunch of feral ghouls and I guess I blacked out and thought she was my wife for a second? Things are going really well with her except when we met, she thought I was a Brotherhood spy and waterboarded me for information. We're past that, now my only issue I've been avoiding talking to her about what happened to my wife. It's like my brain shuts down and I freak out. I'm barely able to talk about it with my friends, let alone her. Plus, I'm supposed to be worrying about my son, and I feel an avalanche of guilt when I remember that I have no idea what I'm doing as a parent. My doctor said the ghoul thing was a "Freudian slip" and totally normal given my past, but things are really weird now. AITA?

You can see how RJ is (and/or isn't) moving on from his deadwife manpain here