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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Respect her wishes. She deserves to have some control for her remaining time on this planet [/quote]

Except she is undoubtedly going to push her elderly husband problems onto her children and reduce their happiness.[/quote]

Yeah, in my own experience mom lived a privileged and cushy life and when the going got tough, she wanted to bolt and let us deal. She has always been too busy with shopping, traveling and dining out to visit her own mom in a nursing home or visit a dying brother or sister or be there for a friend beyond throwing money at something. When she finally had to deal with dad needing her she just threw hissy fits and threatened divorce. They had an insane amount of money which she wanted to keep and not spend to get him some care while she goes and does what she can handle-pamper herself. Many times she said we should do his care-giving. One of my kids has special needs, another grandkid is a cancer survivor and so forth, and we asked for no help from her because she is incapable, yet she felt we should risk losing our jobs, stress our marriages and not be there for our kids to take over care-giving because she was too special and entitled to be bothered. She didn't want nurses in her house. She didn't want to risk all her millions with residential care. She just could not deal. It was hard enough for her when trips to Europe had 2 hour delays. Princess was not going to deal with the inconvenience of an ill husband.[/quote]

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