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[quote=Anonymous]I feel sad and tired just reading this thread. My father died when I was 30 and I still felt very much like a kid (although I had my own child) - my mom, who was in her early 70s, managed his care entirely on her own. She moved in with me in her early 80s, and it was only around 84 that I really started to feel sandwiched/like a “parent.” There was a lot of what an earlier poster described - picking up slack while she maintained control. The last couple of years of her life (she died six months ago) were a misery - my partner and I felt super stretched between caring for her and our kids, and I know she felt trapped being stuck with us due to COVID. Not the way any of us would’ve liked things to play out, obviously. FWIW - I’m an only child and my parents had me when they were 42 and 46. I can’t help think about how many people will be in my position in the future given changing trends in childbearing. [/quote]
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