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Mistake to move near adult child?
Aging Well | Last Active: Jan 18 7:34am | Replies (32)Comment receiving replies
I'm 84. My kids do enable me to be able to live alone on my 22 acres in California by loooking in on me. I remember living next to my parents when my husband and I were in our 40's. We had no privacy. My Mom woud get mad if we locked our door during the day. It's really tough living next door to your kids. Give them a break to live a life at the age they are, not having to take care of you. It's just plain fair!
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@raebaby I am also 84 and live in Northern California. I have one daughter in Southern California who suddenly became a widow last year with two adult sons and another daughter in Maryland married, no children. She just lost her job as she worked for the Corporation for Public Radio. I'm at home and my husband, 80, still runs a commercial real estate office. I don't know how to play this if I am the one left but still can navagate my body and brain. Do I stay here or do I move closer to one of my daughters. I was an only child and I remember my parents telling me that they didn't want to be a burden to me as they got older. Well it didn't work that way. They always lived near me and my husband and I were exactly the ones taking care of them along with hospice.