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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think women of that era (especially if they didn’t work) look at our lives and think we’re crazy. They didn’t do travel sports, didn’t know couples who both had good careers, didn’t work late, didn’t drive kids to a million things. [/quote]

My mom has some similarities to what the op is describing- I don't think she necessarily wants me to be miserable but she never asks for help (and them complains about how much she has to do around the house) and then says that she doesn't need help from me because I must be "so busy" and she doesn't want to put me out.  One difference I think is that she had a full time job in the 80s and 90s and had to be in the office from 8:30 to 5pm (at least) every day so she doesn't seem to understand that I can come help her fix her shower bar in the middle of the workday and take a call from there (I recognize I have a more flexible schedule than many in this age of RTO).

So some of it is just older women applying their worldviews and experience to the present without taking into account how things have changed.  [/quote]

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