just need to vent

[dutchgirl71]

sorry of this becomes a long post. Nobody needs to respond..I just need to vent. I have two aging and ailing parents. I live about two hours away but go to them every weekend to care for them. (In addition to a full time job and significant OCD) I have another sister about two hours away and she goes to them Mon through Wed. I have another sister who lives near my parents but she has a special needs daughter and a husband with rapidly declining Alzheimer’s. It’s pretty much all hands on deck to care for our family members. I have one more sister who lives near my parents who has children and grandkids about an hour away. She works but has evenings available and goes to their cabin up north every weekend. Well her husband is retiring soon (age 59) and they have decided they are going to move permanently to the house up north!! Am I the jerk for thinking that they are quite selfish to move at this time? Yet everyone is mad at me for being mad!! I’m not saying they need to live their lives according to my parents, but could they wait a year or two? There is just too much going on. Now I will never be able to have a weekend off and I am completely emotionally and mentally exhausted. Now I am so angry I just want to explode. I don’t know how much more I can take! Thanks for listening. It helps to just get it out!

[Crochetchica]

Don’t apologise for venting - it’s good to vent. Is it possible to get respite care for your parents to give you a break.

[dutchgirl71]

Thank you! Those are good ideas. I just have to get over my anger…