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[quote=Anonymous]NP here. I find it interesting when I see posts about ‘not having family around’ that so many responses say ‘have your family come to you’. That may very well be the case for many people (though I’d wonder then why they’re posting if that’s an option) but there are so many who literally DO NOT HAVE FAMILY. As in they are dead, imprisoned, incapable of being a decent human, impoverished, etc.

We are one such family that literally has no one we can fly in due to various death and other family issues.

And it is hard, we make sacrifices and make it work using all the methods people have mentioned and love our life anyhow. Since we are not wealthy, we had to make choices about how we hire help - we looked at our biggest pain points and focused there. For us that is dog walking (there is just not enough time in the day!) and food (we spend one day a month cooking a bunch of food to be frozen and then rely on meal prep services and takeout and very simple meals). Everything else we make work - cheapest home daycare, clean the house ourselves and just deal with the fact it is never as nice as we want, etc. [/quote]

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