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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think anyone in your story did anything wrong (you’re entitled to your life!) but it’s obnoxious of you to wanted family to take over the job you wouldn’t do. And if it’s a competition you were clearly more selfish than more distant relatives who didn’t step up to play caregiver. [/quote] OP here. DH and I did whatever we could to help my Dad. Being a caregiver is hard when you're in a different country from the person who needs the care. What was I meant to do? Leave my husband, my home and my job abroad and move back in with Dad? It's not that simple. I made the decision to move abroad when I was 27. Little did I know that my parents would get sick and die so quickly. Of course I didn't expect my family to take over the bulk of the care. But they wouldn't even go check on him, or pick up the phone to ask if he needed anything.[/quote]
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