“A son in his third year of middle school says ‘I love you’—what must that feel like?” ... Mom shares KakaoTalk messages after her son disappears at dawn [Heartwarming]

[Financial News] The story of a middle-school student who left a message telling his mother not to worry as he secretly went to the gym at dawn is touching people.
On the 20th, Threads, a social media platform, carried the story of A, who has a son in his third year of middle school.
According to A, she woke up at around 6 a.m. that morning and, seeing that her son B’s bedroom door was open but B was nowhere to be seen, immediately called him.
B answered that he was at the gym and told her to check her KakaoTalk messages.
It turned out B had left home after sending a message at around 5:37 a.m., worried that his mother might be startled or concerned.
In the message, B wrote, “Thankfully, I figured you wouldn’t let me go because you worry about me so much. I’ll be careful and be back, so don’t worry. I love you.”
Then, about 20 minutes later, he also sent an additional message saying, “I arrived safely at the gym.”
People who read the story responded, “What must it feel like to hear your son in his third year of middle school say ‘I love you’?”, “Look how he sent an arrival message ahead of time so she wouldn’t worry. He’s so thoughtful,” and “It’s cool that a middle-schooler knows how to use a ‘buffer word’ like ‘thankfully.’”

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