• grue@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Then my fiance is ALSO being expected to take up that responsibility because all her siblings went and had 2-4 kids and “can’t afford” or “won’t have time” to help take care of her mother who is already aging.

    Your fiance’s siblings are stupid for turning down the free live-in childcare.

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      1 day ago

      An elderly person verging on disabled and one day probably will be, also with what looks like developing early onset dementia probably doesn’t make for good childcare