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[quote=Anonymous]I witnessed my maternal grandparents age in a way I hope to do one day.  They were active, engaged and positive.  Every school break, they took care of me while my parents worked.  When my mom had a medical emergency, my grandma dropped everything and stayed with us to help out.  My grandfather died in his sleep in his chair..
Anyway, fast forward, my parents have never really helped out with my children and seem to be tone death to today's demands on working parents.  I have gone through a divorce and my parents act as if it never happened.  We are not close emotionally.

My mom was diagnosed with cancer recently and I feel numb, certainly not willing to drop my own life to help her.  I feel guilty and conflicted but I also feel that they dropped the rope on family support a long time ago even though they benefitted from the previous generation greatly.  So I try to be detached as much as I can.
Some of your stories here about abusive and racist parents, I would totally walk out on that person and let them fend for themselves but this is based on my experience with my parents from when they were in a position to help but chose not to.

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