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Thank you for sharing this story. Women are sold this myth that endless sacrifice for your parents will reap rewards and teach your kids to do the same for you and you will be blessed. Nope. The truth is a lot of people deplete themselves to the point of serious illness, a lot die at a younger age than their own parent and it can be damaging to the families they created.

My dad grew up with crazy elderly grandma in the house. He resented it. As soon as he went off to college, he never came back and he hated his mother for always putting grandma first. He did not visit his mother when she was dying. His childhood is filled with bad memories and guilt trips. it is a gift to teach your kid healthy boundaries. You can love grandma, visit her and still take care of yourself and make your own family you created a priority.[/quote]
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He didn’t visit when she was dying?  That seems really harsh, though I suppose there are parts of the story we don’t know.[/quote]

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