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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OMG, OP, are you sock puppeting here? There can't really be this many adults who think that their parents should be at their beck and call 24/7, can there? Are you all millennials?

OP and PPs, I'm the one who said I dealt with a serious neurological condition without demanding a relative move in and do everything I commanded. I don't think that makes me a martyr or even unusual - my neighbor managed 3 kids and a job while her husband was deployed to Afganistan. My other friend recovered from ACL surgery while working FT and raising kids (w/one overnight on the surgery day.) I have friends with cancer and Parkinsons; others who are caring for disabled kids and parents.

We all just get up and do what we have to do. Of course, family pitches in if they can - but that doesn't mean they move in for weeks and manage every single child/household related task exactly as we demand. Being responsible for yourself and your own family, even when you've got an injury or other issue, is not martyrdom; it's adulthood.[/quote]

If MIL agreed to help for two weeks, then it is reasonable to expect her to be helpful.[/quote]

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