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[quote=Anonymous]I hear you, OP, I lost one parent in my 20s (my dad was in his 50s) and the other in my 30s (my mom was in her 60s).  I still remember my mom saying, "I thought I would at least leave until I was 70." Even typing that makes me teary.

I'm fine with people being torn up about their parents ill health or death, but I hate hate hate the people who are so annoyed by parents who really aren't doing anything that seems to justify the annoyance? I'm not talking about people whose parents are abusive or uncaring, but people who complain about truly minor stuff as if their parents are the worst in the world. Or the people who complain about parents giving too many gifts to their kids (the grandkids) or wanting to attend all the grandkid events. Those people, I want to slap sometimes. I know it's not appropriate or appreciated, but you really do want to respond to that complaint with "Yeah, well, my parents are dead and I'd give anything to have to worry about whether to donate excess gifts."[/quote]

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