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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's a dark thought but yes there are days when those thoughts rise to the surface especially if your parents are older. 
It is extra frustrating when knowing my parent(s) and inlaws did NOT care for their own parents because they lived far away from them and/or none of their parents/my grandparents made it to 70. One didn't even make it to 60, yet my parents, inlaws aunts and uncles are all in their 70's and 80's. They are capable and mobile and active, but they still need help especially with modern technology because the world where they are most comfortable living in does not exist anymore. 
All medical falls on you, maintaining their home (paid off so they aren't leaving), helping them shop, run errands and anything they want or they think they want to do you have to run interference because preying on the elderly is very real and they simply have no clue how it works like that 70 something woman who called 411 to buy a plane ticket and ended up getting scammed out of nearly $2,000.

You wonder when is your life going to be your own cuz they people are living longer and longer and longer. 
So yes,  there are days when you just wish that so like they did you can live your life for yourself before you wake one day and you are now their age only if you are like myself and other friends in a similar situations, you will not have anyone to help you.[/quote]

That’s me, too, I wonder when will I get to be free? I have been caregiving for one parent or the other since I was 23 years old. I want to live my own life and have days off to travel. [/quote]

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