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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm an old rump boomer MIL and don't know how you do it. I still don't know how I did it.  Please tell those oldsters you're overwhelmed and need help. If they can't/won't provide it, quit worrying about their feelings. Prioritize your nuclear family. You don't get these years back. Take all the help you can get and pay it forward when the time comes.

Good luck and take care of yourself![/quote]

I'm a young boomer and my kids are in their 20s and do not yet have children.

I recall very clearly how overwhelming it was to parent children while working full-time and handling everything else that life has thrown at us. I look back and I truly have no idea how I did it.

Tell your parents and your in-laws that you are overwhelmed and cannot have anything else on your plate, but that if they are able to take something off your plate, that would be amazing. Ask them for meals, to babysit, to take your kids out for excursions, whatever it is that you need.

Prioritize your nuclear family and do not apologize for it.

I wish I knew you because in all seriousness, I would lend a hand.[/quote]

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