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[quote=Anonymous]I’m sorry for your loss OP.

My stepmother has been in the picture for almost 40 years and our relationship has always been rocky, at best. It’s improved in the last decade as she’s softened a bit but she’s done some very hurtful things over the years. My dad is likely to die first and my brother and I have started talking about what our responsibilities are toward her. She has no kids of her own and has separate finances from my dad and we have no way of knowing what support she may need. We’ve tried talking to both of them about what they want, living will, etc and they will not discuss.

It is very hard to imagine keeping a relationship with her after my dad passes, but also we’ve spent the past 20 christmases together and my kids know her as one of their grandmothers so it’s hard to imagine not keeping a relationship with her either.

In your shoes, I’d be kind and polite and try to slow fade. She is probably also trying to figure out how to navigate this. [/quote]

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