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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Put it in perspective. My parents and in laws have been retired for over 20 years and their youngest left home before then. - They've had basically no responsibility for taking care of anyone else AND no job responsibilities for 20 years.

Yes they have forgotten. And also they aren't the same people they were on the day they retired.

I'll get flamed for this but IMO, that why boomers seem so self centered sometimes. They just have been the center of their own worlds for decades.[/quote]

When you’re retired and empty nesters you will have time to yourself too. But just because they haven’t been taking care of kids doesn’t mean they haven’t been caregivers. Both of my parents spent a lot of their early retirement years helping their own parents with health and other issues. As did DH’s parents.

In the OP, I definitely think it was weird and odd that her in-laws either didn’t tell anyone they were leaving two hours early or find a way to occupy themselves here until the prearranged arrival time. Sitting in the driveway was bizarre. [/quote]

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