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You have all my sympathy OP, and to me your post seems sincere and balanced and full of self-awareness. Of course on DCUM you must expect people to just rip right through you.

I completely understand your irritation at your parents' poor life choices. If it were anybody else, you probably wouldn't care! But these are your parents, and you expect them to think more like you. A lot of people are in a similar situation! My parents like to give lots of presents which will be used once and discarded, but have never wrapped their heads around a financially equivalent contribution to their grandchildren's college fund. They prefer to do the immediate "fun" stuff, which is understandable at some level, but is pretty short-sighted as well, because my children would be incredibly grateful to them in the long run if they knew they had helped with their college tuition.

Anyway, I've given up talking to them about it. 
I think you should do the same. They are not going to change.
What you need from them are the basics - a will, a key to their house, and a request they organize their paperwork so you and your sister can easily go through them.

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