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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm glad I came across your post. Because I ranted about this exact same thing to my therapist last week. My sibling and their family  moved across country ten years ago, most likely with a clear conscious because I was here for my parents. Now that my mother has cancer and my father has dementia, I am the one to drive them to all of their appointments and visit them on a regular basis. My sibling and his family visit once or twice a year, but that time is spent visiting and having fun, when really I could use their help with the maintenance of my parent's house. Everything is manageable now, but it will get more complicated/time consuming as my parents get older (they're currently 77). I'm single and have a ton of things I'd like to do with my life, but now I feel stuck. So freakin stuck.  [/quote]

I’m so sorry, pp.

I completely understand.

I am so fed up with my sibling who doesn’t lift a finger. The best they do (when I call them to ask for help) is say, “I’m sorry you are shouldering the burden since I’m not there.”

Not helpful.

And the other posters who say we should just leave our parents to fend for themselves are just cruel. And the ones who think we can somehow boss them around, sell their homes without their consent and drop them off in assisted living are delusional. As if! [/quote]

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