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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just curious, OP: your SILs have asked for help with their mother- did you ask them for help dealing with your parents passing and they outright refused? Or was it all just kind of implicit and unspoken?[/quote]

I am the OP. 
No, I never asked my SILs for help dealing with my parents' passing. It didn't even cross my mind to ask them for help.

After my mom died, my dad and I organised her funeral and we dealt with the aftermath together. After my dad died, I organised his funeral on my own. I had no practical and emotional support from anyone, except from my husband. My own relatives stayed in the background.

I know my SILs weren't obligated to provide support but they COULD have asked me about my parents from time to time, or made the effort to spend a little time with me during my parents' illnesses and after their funerals.
My parents died far too young and I felt very stressed and upset when they were ill and after they passed. Talking to someone who listened is what I missed.[/quote]

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