cool story bro

Why isn't he taking care of his mother?

Fun Fact: not too long ago, people didn't abandon their elderly family members. 3-4 generations living together was the norm.

sad. not fully sure what is going on in your country at the moment, but hopefully things settle soon.

What an amazing anecdote.

All that's missing is any statistical relevance.

The party of family values.

Originally posted by Last Jackdaw:

He asked my why is this happening and I just chuckled.

Ya becoming disinfranchised, disgruntled, blasé & all ? I wouldn't recommend it, life need to be lived with passion and flame. Or is your colleague a Trump hardliner AND very vocal about it ?

Originally posted by Fake:

Why isn't he taking care of his mother?

Fun Fact: not too long ago, people didn't abandon their elderly family members. 3-4 generations living together was the norm.

Fun Fact: Modern medicine has greatly extended the length of life. If not necessarily the quality of the life that's being extended. Taboos about accepting or embracing death aren't helping.

I've seen many a family member linger for years. I've already decided not to follow their example. I'm not going to torture myself like that, and I'm not going to make others watch. I'll punch my own clock thank you very much.

Originally posted by Fake:

Why isn't he taking care of his mother?

Fun Fact: not too long ago, people didn't abandon their elderly family members. 3-4 generations living together was the norm.

See to pay for his mother's upkeep he needs to work.
She needs a full-time nurse and those aren't cheap.

Also not everyone is capable of doing ICK work.

Frequently people vote to hurt others and feel good about it.

And then they get snared by their own stupidity.

This is nothing new. It has been happening since the beginning of time.

Old people are a drain on society. After 45 they should all be rounded up and put in a home for old people.

Originally posted by Fake:

Why isn't he taking care of his mother?

Fun Fact: not too long ago, people didn't abandon their elderly family members. 3-4 generations living together was the norm.

Not every individual is trained or capable of taking care of the infirm. It's VERY taxing financially, emotionally, physically, and mentally.

Originally posted by Leonardo Da Pinchi:

Originally posted by Fake:

Why isn't he taking care of his mother?

Fun Fact: not too long ago, people didn't abandon their elderly family members. 3-4 generations living together was the norm.

Not every individual is trained or capable of taking care of the infirm. It's VERY taxing financially, emotionally, physically, and mentally.

I left town and went to my parents in their final times.

It was beyond description. Many things are easy to talk about. Doing them in the real world is a whole other deal.

Originally posted by Apollo702:

Originally posted by Leonardo Da Pinchi:

Not every individual is trained or capable of taking care of the infirm. It's VERY taxing financially, emotionally, physically, and mentally.

I left town and went to my parents in their final times.

It was beyond description. Many things are easy to talk about. Doing them in the real world is a whole other deal.

I've been my mother's borderline caretaker since aged 8 or 9, adding to being my father's borderline caretaker as his diabetes got worse. Top that with parentification, where I also helped look after two younger siblings as that was "expected" of me for being the oldest.


To this day I still look after my mother, primarily doing my best to keep her on her meds, off the streets, and out of an institution.

Originally posted by Leonardo Da Pinchi:

Originally posted by Apollo702:

I left town and went to my parents in their final times.

It was beyond description. Many things are easy to talk about. Doing them in the real world is a whole other deal.

I've been my mother's borderline caretaker since aged 8 or 9, adding to being my father's borderline caretaker as his diabetes got worse. Top that with parentification, where I also helped look after two younger siblings as that was "expected" of me for being the oldest.


To this day I still look after my mother, primarily doing my best to keep her on her meds, off the streets, and out of an institution.

Then you know exactly what I am talking about.

These sorts of things are very easy to say "Why don't people just do X or Y?"

Go ahead and try them in the real world and we shall see who stays strong and who crumbles.

Originally posted by Fake:

Why isn't he taking care of his mother?

Fun Fact: not too long ago, people didn't abandon their elderly family members. 3-4 generations living together was the norm.

I think this is still normal in non psychopath countries