It's pretty specific, I'm not scared of dying just like that. I know life is fragile and anything can happen but the odds are in my favor. What I'm trying to deal with is actually terrorism.I live in Munich and Oktoberfest starts this weekend. I love it, always have. I went almost every year since I was 2 (with my parents of course, later on with friends) and always had a great time.This year my husband and I were planning to go twice, once for a company event, once in our free time. But I can't get excited. There's this nagging thought of what if they blow it up/drive a truck into a tent/run around stabbing people/whatever other madness they come up with.There are lots of security measures, you can't take bags inside, there are those things in the ground that can come out and stop cars/trucks, the streets around the festival area are closed to traffic and there's lots of police everywhere. And I'm still worried. You could hide a gun under a skirt or jacket no problem. Even a small machine gun maybe, or just a knife. You could wear a bomb belt under a jacket too.It seems like the perfect target. It's everything they despise in western culture. Alcohol, adultry, nude skin and freedom. I know I'm generalizing but I hope you understand.I feel like it would be plain stupid to go, to expose myself to that risk.Just imagining my son having to grow up without me, not seeing him learn and live, not being a part of his life makes me physically sick.But I also know that the risk is slim and that most likely nothing happens. And that the risk of dying in a car crash is much higher. And going to a mall, a Christmas market or the movie theater is probably the same.I don't know what to do. via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2x7mU09
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