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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My SIL is in her late 40s and doesn't have kids. She is also pretty well-off financially and doesn't work much. I don't think she is selfish because of being childfree, as this seems to be the right choice for her and her spouse. I do think she is not very empathetic about the demands that parents have, financially and time-wise, [b]especially in light of the expectations she's laid out for her brother over the years [/b](we are less well-off than she is and we work more and obviously have parenting responsibilities). Maybe the lack of reference or out of touch-ness of being childfree sometimes comes off as selfishness? But that's not it. I liken it to having a SAHM friend who means well but maybe just doesn't understand sometimes that you can't meet for lunch from 12-1 on a Tuesday (because you have to take a call, or you have a meeting until 12:30, or a 12-1 lunch means you're actually OOO from 11:30-1:30, etc...). [/quote]

What do you mean by this? Obligations in regards to their own parents? Are you implying that since she has no kids and more freedom with her money she should take on the majority of care of their parents?[/quote]

NP here. If I were childless and my sibling had children I would definitely spend more time caring for aging parents because I would have more time to give. Money is a different issue.[/quote]

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