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[quote=Anonymous]My 80-year-old mother-in-law has made it clear that she expects her two kids to never move out of the area as long as she is alive, because she will probably need help as she ages. When extended family has chosen to go south after retirement, she always comments about them leaving their elderly parents and how wrong that seems. She spent years tending to her own elderly mother, who took in her own elderly father, so I assume it's a generational thing. MIL is closer, physically and emotionally, to her other child (not my spouse). And she does have enough money to pay for care. But even without those factors, we don't think it's fair to burden adult children with the expectation that they will put their lives--and, honestly, their own golden years--on hold to be at a parent's beck and call. Do we discuss this with her, or just stay silent when she makes these comments?[/quote]
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