If you were about to do something that has a high possibility of killing you. Would you tell your mom / family?

I am 90% sure i will go to Ukraine to join the fight.

Currently I am living in a different country than my mom and family.

I could easily lie to them and tell them I am still working in that country. We barely speak and nobody comes to visit.

My options I believe are.

  1. Telling them

  2. Lying to them and facing fractured relationships upon my return.

  3. Die there and having someone drop a bomb on them of my death.

For the rest of my family I don’t care that much if they know. Just my mom is a chronic worrier and recently recovered from cancer and I don’t want to stress her out even more.

I know you don’t know my full story and cannot say what to do in my shoes.

But I’m curious to see what would you do in a similar situation and how would you react if someone did this to you.

Posted Mar 8, 2026, 8:09 PM UTC

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