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[quote=Anonymous]I’m not sure your mom’s family felt that they needed to care for your dad. That kind of makes sense to me if your dad wasn’t close to them. I don’t think you’re necessarily selfish for moving away, but you can see how there are challenges when families are far flung. You are prioritizing your career and life abroad over your elderly parents, which is okay but obviously makes for difficulty caring for them. If you had siblings, it would be just as “selfish” because you would expect your siblings to do it all because of your location. As a parent of an only, we are planning to be as financially independent as possible, but it will be very tough if I predecease my husband as we are much closer to my siblings and I have a broader network of friends in my support network. [/quote]
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