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Thank you for sharing this, OP! You are not alone and it is empowering to have someone voice this concerns aloud. So many of us suffer with these things in silence and feel shame about our parent situations. [/quote]

Agree. The ones who say that OPs feelings are "invalid" and "wrong" are clearly the hated elderly. It's much more than non-existent emotional support. It's actual neglect (as another PP described, often medical), sabotage (not letting you go or do anything, actual curfews), constant critique and judgement (often of appearance as mom grapples with her aging) and so on. While parenting requirements might have changed, if you were a decent human being, you should do fine. You'll know by teenage years. I got a scholarship, left for college and never returned. I looked for opportunities to stay as far as possible, including overseas. I married a foreigner. I tried to have a conversation in my 20s, but my parents denied, gaslighted and even laughed. It's not like you have a perfect relationship and then suddenly something happens, it's a long time coming. Am I worried about my own kids? Not really. I like having them around and they know it. The conversations I have with my teens now my parents never had with me, I learned to keep everything to myself pretty early. [/quote]

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