[roses of sharon]

What a horrible thing to do to your parents, God bless them all.

[bigheadfred]

What a horrible thing to do to your parents

Not such a great thing to do to yourself. Just sad all around.

[InvisibleChurch]

He didn’t do it to his parents. Saying something like they suggests his parents might have had some control over the outcome of his life. He thought the hole he was in was too deep to get out of.