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[quote=Anonymous]My parents didn’t properly plan/save for retirement, and now that they are in the thick of it, are experiencing the subsequent financial implications. It’s sad all around. I feel terrible and, while I’m in no position to assist them financially, I’m finding my emotional support is taking its toll on me. I don’t know what to do anymore. My mother will accept NO advice from me, so I don’t even try anymore, all I do is offer basic platitudes of support. But it’s still draining. Every week I get a call from my mother crying, complaining, telling me about her latest disaster. I feel awful, but what can I do or say? They have no other outlet, other than me, their only child. So how do I offer support and an ear without having it mentally drain me? I try to tune it out, offer the basic support I mention, I’ve even planned a time and a place to talk where I will “leave it” afterwards, but this feeling of ...something... always lingers. How can I drop that? [/quote]
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