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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Borrowing trouble IS what most of you are doing. Getting all worked up, well in advance ... what if this happens, or that happens. Thinking the right plan will be your salvation.

When you are faced with tragedy, something horrific -- in the future, you with the help of others, will deal with it.[/quote]

People are fragile and have their own challenges and health emergencies. My mother just assumed I would be available at the drop of the hat at all times and if not me then a sibling would fill in. One of my siblings has passed away. I was there at the drop of a hat dozens of times and now after dealing with her impossible entitled behavior I have had to step back to deal with my own health crisis. Other sibling is too busy in a contentious divorce while also in a feud with her neighbor and her workplace. (That was mom's favorite).

All of us just want our parents in a safe situation where we don't have to constantly upend our lives. Also many of us from generation X were left to fend for ourselves dealing with parents who got away with verbal, emotional and sometimes physical abuse. There is none of this, but they raised you and changed your diapers BS. My mother made her personal therapist while I raised myself. She demanded I be potty trained at about 14 months and was livid when i had accidents so don't talk to me about all the diapers she changed. Many times before that I was left in dirty diapers. The list goes on. [/quote]

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