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[quote=Anonymous]I'm 52 and in the thick of the phase of friends' parents getting old and dying. I've been through it with one of mine. The hardest part for me (totally selfish) is that when friends go through the 3-12 months of losing a parent to illness and death is that they disappear. I find that not all people do this but a good number do. They are super stressed and can barely keep up with the sick parent, job, spouse etc. Their bandwidth for friendship falls to the wayside. I get it as i went through this too. But it is hard on friendship at this age. I keep losing friends for 3-12 months as they disappear. They cycle back but it is a lonely and weird time to be a friend. Most of us are new(ish) empty nesters so we need friends more than ever. Can anyone relate? Please don't tell me I'm a selfish jerk. I can say this is a hard phase without being yelled at. I was the same when I went through it. Middle age is hard. [/quote]
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