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OrionTheWolf -> RE: Caught in the middle (8/13/2008 8:02:34 AM)
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My household is combined incomes of mine, my elderly parents (retirement) that we need to take care of, my Mother is bed ridden and needs medications all day and my Father has diminished mental faculties, my 23 year old daughter who is going to college, my slave, and 2 UM's. It is difficult, especially with the economy and recent dip in business for what I do. It can be done, but the belt has to be tightened and some bills have to be rolled over if you can work it out with the lender.
The emotional and mental aspects are pretty difficult, and I can see how some people may "crack" under such enormous pressure.
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ORIGINAL: candystripper
Some of my friends and family are now experiencing a double whammy -- aging parents who need a variety of support levels and 'boomerang' UMs who have not been able to find their feet and leave home.
It's actually a triple whammy for some, as jobs grow more insecure and budgets tighten during this recession/depression/whatever it is.
Just wondering if this is happening around anyone here, and how it's being handled.
candystripper
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