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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^^ Also, remember, this is about your mother, not about the siblings. I have a SIL who refuses to make anything about the elder parents. If she has traveled, then she has to do what she wants to do. [/quote]

I disagree. It may be the only good deed of the mom who keeps on living, getting the kids together so that they can enjoy each other’s company without the looming depression of the mom.

Take her out but also get together without her. [/quote]

I'm the PP you're responding to. I think the kids can get together. I'm talking about SIL wants to go on an hour-long drive to a place to go hiking for several hours. She and her DH (my DH's brother) are the only ones who hike, and their mother is in a wheelchair. No way she can take the long drive OR the hike. It is very clear SIL wants an excuse to get her and her DH away from having to do "boring" things with her MIL.  So my DH and I take MIL to lunch and visit friends who are in other assisted living places, etc. I really don't understand why SIL and BIL spend the money to come at all. Checking a box, I suppose. [/quote]

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