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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My father passed recently and my mother died when I was young.

Their complaining strikes me as selfish and tone deaf [/quote]

I'm sorry for your loss.

I know you are grieving.

[b]One day you'll back on your post and cringe a little about how you lashed out in bitterness. It's OK. No one is perfect when in this situation.
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I agree with the bolded. OP, we understand that losing your parents, with whom you clearly had a good relationship, means that you never had to endure the absolute hell that is living in the sandwich generation: taking care of young kids while putting out fires at work and helping your elderly parents, who might not be grateful, because they might not understand what modern parenting entails, and what working mothers have to go through.

Generally, when such thoughts occur to you, it's best to not write them out on DCUM. Keep them to yourself.

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Are you really that insane and fragile that you can’t handle reading a post on an anon message board that isn’t even directed at you? You need to seek help if that’s the case [/quote]

OP, you've been posting some really nasty replies. You need to calm down.
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