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[quote=Anonymous]I'm one of the adult only children who responded previously but I came back to add that it's not just my own loneliness that is an issue. My dad passed away 7 years ago. My mom is an introvert and lives far away from her own 2 sisters, and she's very lonely so it entirely falls on me to be her support system. We're not in the true "elder care" phase yet because she's only 69 and completely healthy. If she just needed help around the house, that would be a much easier problem to solve. She lives 3-4 hours from us but we're under enormous pressure, even more than before, to spend every single holiday with her instead of my DH's family and spend many many weekends visiting. Because if she's not with us, she's lonely and unhappy and I feel guilty for not being there. If I had a few siblings, I can't help but think that emotional responsibility would be spread out more instead of falling 100% on me.

She's hinted at moving in with us before, and I'm now sure that's the only way this will get any easier.[/quote]

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