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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh, it's you again. You're so tiresome. If you love your parents and they were poor all their lives or have been diagnosed with some expensive disease, or are in some way deserving of help, YES, you should help them with food, shelter and medical care, and if you can afford more, a little luxury every now and then.

If you're talking about entitled parents who want cruises from you, or other extravagant stuff then NO, you should not feel obligated at all.

Sheesh.
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This is a good frame. I'm where I am because of the sacrifices my parents made. They worked, but had modest savings. Fortunately us kids didn't have to break our banks to support them in their later years, but we did do some.

I'm struggling a little as DH's parents have blown through a lot of their savings. And they had so much more than my parents. So much more. We are now very well off (much less so when my parents were alive), but frankly, I would like to put this money into supporting causes as well as directly helping people who are less fortunate.

It rankles.[/quote]

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