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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am an adult only child and so don’t feel lonely. My parents have lots of siblings, but both are black sheep and I am not close to any of my cousins.

I am close to my parents and I am so thankful so have their help and support with my young kids - they pick them up from school / preschool once a week and take them on early release and other days school is closed.

Watching my parents and my husband’s parents deal with siblings when caring for elderly parents and settling estates, I am happy I don’t have to navigate those decisions with a sibling. My husband married me knowing that taking care of my parents in old age is something I will need to do, including potentially needing to support them financially. I made sure we were on the same page of what we are willing to do - they won’t live with us, we may need to pay for assisted living, paying for them will not come at the expense of paying for our kids’ college and our retirement savings goals, etc.

I love my in-laws and my husband’s sisters so much. It’s like I get all the benefit and joy of having adult siblings with none of the baggage. [/quote]

+1  I could have written this.  [/quote]

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