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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You go do the mulch one weekend with your husband. Keep in mind that your parents need to do things to keep busy, feel productive, have structure in their days/weeks, etc.

If they fall, are you going to then have to go live with them while they recuperate or have them come live with you to do that? Maybe it's time for them to downsize - have you had that talk with them yet?[/quote]

No! You spend your weekend with your spouse and your kids. If your parents insist on spreading their own mulch then guess what? They should spread their own mulch! Don’t let their stubbornness ruin your weekends! [/quote]

Exactly. Adult children should not be slaves to their elderly parents' whims. When they fall and break something, off to hospital they go. Lesson not learned? Another hospital stay. And then you don't sign the paperwork to transport them back home, so the hospital has to find a suitable group home.[/quote]

Damn, I thought I was cold but this is a bit much. I see nothing wrong with piling the kids in the car and the whole family going to visit Grandma and Grandpa. The kids can play with G&G, and the parents can do the mulch. [/quote]

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