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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you don’t have a (functioning) adult partner (spouse or long term relationship) and your parents are in decline, how does this make you feel? Does it make you feel lonely? I thought that I got over the profound loneliness of having a spouse who has basically checked out of life and maybe suffering from intellectual decline as well as my remaining, beloved parent, descending with dementia. I try to ensure that I don’t rely on my teenage DC, who I sometimes think is the only sane person in this family. It wouldn’t be fair to them. How to you cope if you’re in this situation?[/quote] ^ to clarify, I have to talk to my beloved mom as if she were a preschooler. Anything beyond that goes over her head. The smallest thing, she takes so personally and starts crying. My DH is no support - helices his life as if he were another child I have to take care of. No financial or emotional contributions to the family. I feel like screaming.[/quote]
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