Hello LQ23
I am so very happy for you that you have a new role and that you can look forward to a new working career, that is so awesome so well done to you.
I hear how sad and disappointed you are in yourself and that you feel your actions have made your parents devastated, you are hurt for believing you have made your ex work colleagues disappointed and the worry of your daughter being upset too. I am wondering how you would feel about being open and honest with your daughter, I feel that the potential of her finding out is probably there and it would be so much better her hearing it from you. You can explain to her exactly how ashamed you are and what you have done so very bravely to stand up and own what you have done and are in the process of making it right. I hear that you are very scared she too will feel disappointment, however it is important I feel that she hears it directly from you. It shows her you respect her enough to admit your faults and that you respect her enough to tell her yourself. It also shows her that people make mistakes and that it is how you get back up from them is most important.
You are doing everything right to get through this really emotional and heartbreaking time. I feel like it would be best that you manage what you can control, in that I mean your family and keep talking and being honest with them and doing all the things you can to make amends and then if a court case is raised against you later on in the picture you will have your family's support and comfort. That is not a certain so I think perhaps try not to role play in your head how that will play out as it may not.
I am so very proud of how brave and how well you have managed this situation, every credit to you LQ23.
Here to chat and give you the comfort and the support you need at this time, hugs to you.
AS
