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[quote=Anonymous]My mom (80s) moved in with us about a year ago. She is not horrid like a lot of parents who move in. But she does need assistance and shouldn't be left alone for more than an hour. I have part-time help during the day so I can get work done; the rest of my time is caregiving, taking care of the house, etc. My only DC is in college. My husband helps with everything, but he also works and works longer hours.

I am just really bored and lonely. We can't really afford to bring on more help for date nights. Same for weekends away. I sometimes see friends for lunch during the day while the companion is around, but then I am catching up on work and chores get behind.

Now that the weather is nice and I see Instagram shots of my friends going out and having nice dinners or going to things, it just highlights how I am not really able to have much of a life. I thought with empty nesting we'd be able to any night of the week decide we wanted to go for a drink or dinner. See a movie. Whatever. Take a drive. But we really can't do much of anything.

I guess I didn't notice it as much when it was cold. But it's so beautiful out now. We used to take bike rides on the weekends, we can't do that anymore except for really short ones. We used to do brunch with friends. I guess I'm having a little pity party for myself but I just feel so down.

This is time where I wish we had other family around to help out and give us a break. And this is horrible to say, and I don't really mean it the way it sounds but I don't know if this is going to be my life for years and years to come. [/quote]

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