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[quote=Anonymous]Revisiting this thread to ask how the holiday went for everyone? Caregiver here who was completely overloaded by eldercare by siblings. I now go to family events as little as possible. Went to TG this year only to have to grin-and-bear-it through veiled barbed comments about how I really should be hosting this year, not the sibling who hosted last year hosting again. Now that the elders have passed, siblings want things to be shared & equal. Cue the painful eye roll. It really is painful, too. The lack of boundaries that existed in the caregiving continues, but at l least now I can enforce my boundaries. Before, if I did that, really only our parents would have been harmed. The siblings more than anything wanted their own time & choices to be the priority. That’s just the way it is. I’ve accepted it in as dry-eyed way as I can, because dwelling on how wrong it is only wastes my time & energy. I think from here on out, I just need to compartmentalize and see them on rare occasions of my choosing. Very very sad, though. [/quote]

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