Omg i have this thought often!! Like, what if me running for the bus made the driver stop and wait for me, light turned red, then someone on the bus then missed their train, so walked home and got stabbed? That would technically be my fault 😩 I wouldn’t be responsible, but yes it would be because of my existence, technically. Luckily we’ll never know if that ever happened. Plus, i could have made someone’s life a lot better without knowing it too. That same scenario except they met their life partner on that walk 🤷🏽‍♀️😊

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I do that all the time, except I'm fully aware

and usually more of a direct cause