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[quote=Anonymous]I read the book as well as the article and for all the commenters saying NOT ME, I'll tell you I was doing great in my mid-forties until the one-two punch of one parent dying and the other getting dementia and needing to be put in a home. Combine that with raising teenagers, and then BAM -- I was diagnosed with a chronic illness. Some mornings I wake up and look at my tired face and literally say, what the hell happened? I am coming out of the tunnel now thanks to a great marriage and family life, good friends, and a career that is hitting its stride, but damn, my late forties were brutal. So it's not just raising kids and working. Toss in dying parents, or ones who need lots of care, or a SN child, or your own illness. Even worse would be financial strain. And day after day you find yourself putting out fires and then collapsing into bed, and trust me that's the bottom of the U curve.[/quote]
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