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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Their reasons are valid. If they are in their sixties, it is quite possible it's not safe for them to drive in the dark. They may actually be getting to be worse drivers even during the day. Older people are comfortable in their own environment and given declining cognitive skills are not as good at adapting to other environments.

I'm the single childless sibling in my family who bears the brunt of the elder care. My siblings for years did nothing to help my parents AND were demanding that they do things for their kids really were not capable of anymore. So not only did I have to take care of my parents, I had to deal with my siblings making demands on them (help book flights to see them, check them in for their flights, arrange for rides to airport, buy gifts for the grandchildren and cards to send for their birthday "from grandma and grandpa," etc). Don't be like that. Sorry, but they are aging, and you need to be adapting and understanding.[/quote]

PP here. Also - what sort of bedroom set up do you have for the in laws when they visit? My brother lived in a four bedroom house with three kids. Instead of making one of the bedrooms available to my parents, he would insist that no child of his should have to give up his bedroom, and insist my parents sleep on the double pull out couch in the play room that the kids would run screaming into at 6am. And then he complained that my parents did not want to visit more often.[/quote]

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