WHY Are My Parent's So Block Headed????
By CatsandDogs
@CatsandDogs (13963)
United States
April 9, 2010 10:30pm CST
Seriously!! Why?! Yesterday we had some really bad weather. I mean really bad weather! Tornados were popping up everywhere, even in my county! It was heading northeast which is where my parents live so I called and warned them about it and asked them to please come down to my house because my house is stronger than theirs and it's a two story. Nooooooo. They wouldn't do it. Dad kept saying, "We'll be alright, we'll stay here and ride it out" 
Me - "Dad! It's heading YOUR way! Your house isn't strong enough to sustain it!" Dad - "We'll be ok. If not then it wasn't meant to be" Me - "DAD! I don't want to lose you or mom! Please come down here!" Dad - "We'll be ok" (chuckles) I finally had to give up and told him "Ok, all I can say is I tried."
Now let me explain, hubby and I live in between two towns, A is to the north and B is to the south of us. B is a bit closer to us than A is but still, we'll go to A if we can't find what we're looking for in B. Also, A is about 10 miles from us. Not far at all. Now mom and dad will go into town A and shop around. Sometimes we'll talk by cell phone and I'll ask them to come down to my house for a visit or I have something to give them. More times than not, they'll say no because it's too far. Deg gone it! It's NOT too far!! It's not far at all! Grrrrr!!
Another example, when mom and I talk on the phone, she sometimes tells me about something that she needs to do but can't and I'll ask her if she'd like for me to come up and do what ever it is that needs doing and she'll say, no it's too far to drive up here to do just that. Me - "Mom, we're only 31 miles from you and that's driveway to driveway. No farther than your old house to my oldest brothers old place" Mom - "Maybe but I feel it's too far to come up here just for that." Me - "Mom, I'm offering, do you want me to or not besides, I'd be visiting you?" Mom - "No, I'll get it done in a little while when this dizzy spell subsides a little bit" Me - *SIGH*
Am I not suppose to care about my parents safety? Am I not suppose to have my parents come to my house for some reason? I just don't get it!
Me - "Dad! It's heading YOUR way! Your house isn't strong enough to sustain it!" Dad - "We'll be ok. If not then it wasn't meant to be" Me - "DAD! I don't want to lose you or mom! Please come down here!" Dad - "We'll be ok" (chuckles) I finally had to give up and told him "Ok, all I can say is I tried."
Now let me explain, hubby and I live in between two towns, A is to the north and B is to the south of us. B is a bit closer to us than A is but still, we'll go to A if we can't find what we're looking for in B. Also, A is about 10 miles from us. Not far at all. Now mom and dad will go into town A and shop around. Sometimes we'll talk by cell phone and I'll ask them to come down to my house for a visit or I have something to give them. More times than not, they'll say no because it's too far. Deg gone it! It's NOT too far!! It's not far at all! Grrrrr!!
Another example, when mom and I talk on the phone, she sometimes tells me about something that she needs to do but can't and I'll ask her if she'd like for me to come up and do what ever it is that needs doing and she'll say, no it's too far to drive up here to do just that. Me - "Mom, we're only 31 miles from you and that's driveway to driveway. No farther than your old house to my oldest brothers old place" Mom - "Maybe but I feel it's too far to come up here just for that." Me - "Mom, I'm offering, do you want me to or not besides, I'd be visiting you?" Mom - "No, I'll get it done in a little while when this dizzy spell subsides a little bit" Me - *SIGH*
Am I not suppose to care about my parents safety? Am I not suppose to have my parents come to my house for some reason? I just don't get it!9 people like this
15 responses
@ElicBxn (63638)
• United States
10 Apr 10
Well, in a lot of ways, its probably more dangerous for them to be out in the bad weather on the roads - I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt and say he was thinking he was safer staying put than out there fighting the crazy people in the weather.
And, do what I used to do. Don't ask her if she wants you to go there, just go.
Tell her you decided to go to - wherever and since you were so close, you decided to just go the extra bit to see them...
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@GardenGerty (160883)
• United States
11 Apr 10
hey, that is so sneaky, but a good Idea. Just go, show up, and they are stuck with you. Maybe you can think of a reason tht you needed them, and it would make them feel good.
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
15 Apr 10
When I talked to dad about coming down, I told him that the tornado was heading northeast for them NOT to go north at all but to go south even if it's not to my place to go south or south east to get away from the storm and chances of getting hit. Dad wouldn't hear it at all.
Hubby and I were up there today to see my oldest brother since he came down to get dad's air compressor that he needed. He wouldn't have come down if he didn't need it, and we ALL know it. Nothing new. Nonetheless, mom asked me to bring something to her so she could show it to my brother and I did and while there, we cleaned their house so it's clean for two more weeks at least. Hubby tried to talk to my brother about us needing help and my brother didn't say a word just stared into thin air so we know we're on our own. He even mentioned what needs doing and needing the materials to do it with and my brothers answer was "Not with my money" I'm so pissed at my brothers because it's all about them and not at all about our parents. That's ok, hubby, my foster brother and myself will take care of them. When they leave this world, I better not see one damned tear! I'm so done with my blood brothers!
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@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
10 Apr 10
I am assuming everyone is ok and did not get too much damage. I am sorry that they are so bull headed. With the older people I have worked with, it seems it is they are set in their ways and there is no changing them. When they set their minds to something, you cannot change it.
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
10 Apr 10
Yeah we're all fine, thank God but I've gotta tell ya, mom used to say to us kids when we were little that every gray hair on her head had our names on them. Well, now that I'm older, I can say the EXACT same thing about them! LOL 
Gee, I didn't ask them to spend the night. I just wanted them to come here till the storm passes to be safe, not to give up their home. I'd have given them gas money if they'd come. I just want them around for as long as I can have them.
Gee, I didn't ask them to spend the night. I just wanted them to come here till the storm passes to be safe, not to give up their home. I'd have given them gas money if they'd come. I just want them around for as long as I can have them.@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
11 Apr 10
You should be completely gray by now. Try to relax and spend some long overdue time with hubby. Hopefully you are getting a little break now and then. I have not seen too much of you on here lately.
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
14 Apr 10
You'd think so, eh? Having dirty blonde hair, it hides most of my gray but every now and then, I see one peek its shiny self right through and says Hi! I'm here! 
I haven't been on here much lately because I needed a break from everything in my life except for hubby of course but pretty much everything else. I've been cross stitching A LOT more in order to get this project done especially since I got the one I'm making for dad so I can start on it.
I haven't been on here much lately because I needed a break from everything in my life except for hubby of course but pretty much everything else. I've been cross stitching A LOT more in order to get this project done especially since I got the one I'm making for dad so I can start on it.
@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
15 Apr 10
Damned if you don't have that right Polly!! LOL I don't wish them any harm but good heavens! I wish they'd lighten up some! I want the best for them.... not the worst!! But the way they protest and go against me or us, you'd think we wanted them to jump into the fire! Geeze.... 
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
11 Apr 10
Hi Sweetie yes you are
But it is also a case I believe that your Mum and Dad do not want to rely and put you out all the time, they worry about you to
Also they need to keep some of their independence to and that is why you are getting this not because they do not want you there or they do not appreciate you
They know that you need time to yourself to and yes you are willing to do it but they need to do it themselves, think of it that way they need to feel that they are still of use and not helpless
Hugs Sweet
@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
15 Apr 10
Oh I'm not trying to take their independence away! Not at all! Just an hour or so to get out of harms way! I was looking out for their safety! Besides, had the tornado hit them and they survived, who's going to be the one to care for them? US!! Hubby and I!! Haven't we been put through enough?
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@GardenGerty (160883)
• United States
10 Apr 10
It is hard for parents to admit that they need anything from their children ever. To their last days they will believe that they should be taking care of you, not the other way around. By refusing to come to your house they are still exerting a little bit of control. Go ahead and care, go ahead and worry, it will not change them at all.
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
10 Apr 10
You're right, they are exerting control, especially dad. He has to be the one to drive when it's just him and mom. I don't know why that is but it's always been that way. I've gotta tell ya, mom used to say to us kids when we were little that every gray hair on her head had our names on them. Well, now that I'm older, I can say the EXACT same thing about them! LOL Gee, I didn't ask them to spend the night. I just wanted them to come here till the storm passes to be safe, not to give up their home. I'd have given them gas money if they'd come. I just want them around for as long as I can have them.
Gee, I didn't ask them to spend the night. I just wanted them to come here till the storm passes to be safe, not to give up their home. I'd have given them gas money if they'd come. I just want them around for as long as I can have them. @sid556 (30959)
• United States
10 Apr 10
I'm kind of like your parents would be i think. My oldest daughter is always trying to help me out. It's cute but I'm ok. I think she worries too much. I don't want to put her out or anything unless I absolutely need it. I appreciate it that she cares so much but seriously most of the time that she wants to help, I am really just fine. If we have a snow storm and I'm at work, she wants me to go to her house rather than travel home. Her house is way closer but I have been travelling back and forth in all sorts of weather for 15 yrs. I appreciate the offer but it's all good. I don't think you should feel offended.
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@sid556 (30959)
• United States
3 May 10
Hi Cats,
I do try to give them peace of mind. I can't go to her house to spend the night. It's as far away from my work as my own home only the roads are usually worse. Also I work nights out of town and I have to get home after work as I have another younger daughter at home. I carry a cell phone and I do call her when I make it home safe and sound as I have for the past 17 years. When we got flooded, I actually did call out of work.
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
10 Apr 10
Maybe you should think about how your daughter feels every now and then and give her the peace of mind knowing that you're safe. That's all I ask of my parents, for their safety so I can have them around a bit longer. I honestly don't think it's too much to ask or give one another, you know? I've gotta tell ya, mom used to say to us kids when we were little that every gray hair on her head had our names on them. Well, now that I'm older, I can say the EXACT same thing about them! LOL Gee, I didn't ask them to spend the night. I just wanted them to come here till the storm passes to be safe, not to give up their home. I'd have given them gas money if they'd come. I just want them around for as long as I can have them.
I've been through a tornado before and it's no fun! No fun at all! Frankly, it scared the sh!t out of me and my husband but we survived, thank God! And a near hit too which was on the 27th of May of 2007. I knew it was coming my way so I packed up my fur babies and some of my most precious of things and was about to leave when hubby came home and I told him what was going on and he got in the car with me and we left! We actually saw that tornado on the way out and sure enough, it was heading towards our house! We just knew we didn't have a house to come home to. About an hour later we returned home to find our house still in tact, thank God but the next day we found out that the tornado had gone back up into the sky and went over this hill behind our house and got the little town just over that hill and killed 27 people. That impacted me in the worst of ways! I felt so sick to my stomach over the loss of those people and their families. Even the asphalt and bark off the trees were stripped clean! It was awful and something that I'll never ever forget. So I just wanted my parents safe. I didn't want them to give up their home or even to spend the night but to stay at my place till the storm blew over. Give me the peace of mind that I'd give them if the situation were reversed.
@vandana7 (100531)
• India
3 May 10
@catsanddogs, while I am hundred percent with you about the tornado incident, other instances are something I would understand my parents.
As to understanding daughters every now and then, I think they are too old! Their brain cells are not as efficient as they used to be to think everybody's perspective. They cant even think clearly for themselves many times, how can they think so much about how we feel! :) I think since our faculties are still intact, we can give them that much of space and work around the problem I suppose. :)
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@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
10 Apr 10
I am sure you mean well but sometimes older people feel safest in their own home. If your father seem rather fatalistic about their safety then there is not anything you can do. You cannot force them to leave their home.
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
15 Apr 10
No I sure couldn't force them nor do I want to but I wanted them to be safe and if that's a bad thing then so be it. No pun intended! I only meant well for them, nothing more and nothing less. It just seems that our advice isn't good enough but our money is. (I know, keep our money for us then but gee, it is my parents that we're talking about)
@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
10 Apr 10
You did what you could cats, you offered and I find that parents, like our children, can be stubborn when it comes to taking advice from us. I take it they did make it through the storm, so be thankful. You can try to reason with them, let them know your concerns, maybe they will consider next time. If not, then don't beat yourself up, offer again and then pray..
@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
15 Apr 10
Yes they can be so damned stubborn! Even if it's in their best interest. Knowing I did the best that I could gives me comfort enough but had the tornado hit their house, I'd have felt really bad but knowing I gave them that option would make me feel a little less guilty but you know, don't they realize that if they were hit and survived, who's got to care for them? Duh?
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Apr 10
hi catsanddogs oh we older people sometimes can be a pain in the patootie'and lookslike your parents are about Like I am at times'
stubborn and a bit bullheaded as my hubby was want to say.I think
at times its that we are concerned for our adult children and do not
'want to put them out although they are trying to make us see that
they do not feel that way. of course you are supposed to care for'
your parent's safety And we are supposed to care about not wanting to
be a burden on our kids,and sigh this gets to be like a merry go round nd,someone has to give in. he he. I really do not always get it eitheras I hate to always be asking my son to fix somethiing on my computer when he is going mom why didnt you tell me that x was acting up earlier so I cou ld have fixed it? now it will be harder to fix. of course he is right but I hated to be always asking him to fix something. parents can be a real pain, really.
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
10 Apr 10
*SIGH* Is there any happy medium here? lol I guess not. I just wish they'd do some things for me to ease my mind just as I would for them to ease their minds if they were concerned for me. I know that they both think we've done too much for them but we say, if we didn't want to do any of it, we wouldn't have but we did because we wanted to and care. I honestly don't like this tug o war that goes on. I'd much rather give them peace of mind than to let them worry. Besides, I've been through a tornado before and it's no fun! No fun at all! Frankly, it scared the sh!t out of me and my husband but we survived, thank God! And a near hit too which was on the 27th of May of 2007. I knew it was coming my way so I packed up my fur babies and some of my most precious of things and was about to leave when hubby came home and I told him what was going on and he got in the car with me and we left! We actually saw that tornado on the way out and sure enough, it was heading towards our house! We just knew we didn't have a house to come home to. About an hour later we returned home to find our house still in tact, thank God but the next day we found out that the tornado had gone back up into the sky and went over this hill behind our house and got the little town just over that hill and killed 27 people. That impacted me in the worst of ways! I felt so sick to my stomach over the loss of those people and their families. Even the asphalt and bark off the trees were stripped clean! It was awful and something that I'll never ever forget. So I just wanted my parents safe. I didn't want them to give up their home or even to spend the night but to stay at my place till the storm blew over. Give me the peace of mind that I'd give them if the situation were reversed. Hugs to you too!!
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@vandana7 (100531)
• India
3 May 10
@CatsandDogs, now you've got the parents perspective there. :) They dont like to trouble kids, dont like to burden them. :) Normal parents. :) That is their love, and not something else. Sad that we misinterpret it.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
3 May 10
hi cats and vandy wow oh how I hate tornadoes, we lived in tornado country but were so lucky we never had one hit our farm, but we saw three one day going horizontal to our farm, a large really black one, a medium sized one , and a smaller one trailing, the air where we were was so still, it was scary and those tornadoes really moved too.I actually think I am less afraid of California's tremors than a horrendous tornado as I have seen the damage they did, and its was dreadful.
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
10 Apr 10
gOOD MORNING cAT, i KNOW U MEAN WELL BUT IF U EVER LEARN TO ACCEPT YOUR PARENTS AS THEY ARE IT WILL save u alot of stress & grief. I don't want my sons trying to rule my klife about anything. If i need their help i will ask. When my son first married since his wife was afraid of storms they had to go to her mother's basement to appease my dil. My son started calling me telling me he was going to come get me & put me in the basement to. I told him he wasn't. lol. Don't any of us know whose house is going toget hit by a tornado. I'll just take my chancesat home. Guess ur folks are not the only blockheads, lol. CHILL CAT.
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
15 Apr 10
Hi Jo! I wasn't trying to tell them what to do! I'm not like that! I was so afraid that they'd get hit with the tornado and wanted them to be safe from harm! I mean, if it were on the contrary, then yeah, go against me but it wasn't like that at all. When I talked to dad about coming down, I told him that the tornado was heading northeast for them NOT to go north at all but to go south even if it's not to my place to go south or south east to get away from the storm and chances of getting hit. Dad wouldn't hear it at all.
Hubby and I were up there today to see my oldest brother since he came down to get dad's air compressor that he needed. He wouldn't have come down if he didn't need it, and we ALL know it. Nothing new. Nonetheless, mom asked me to bring something to her so she could show it to my brother and I did and while there, we cleaned their house so it's clean for two more weeks at least. Hubby tried to talk to my brother about us needing help and my brother didn't say a word just stared into thin air so we know we're on our own. He even mentioned what needs doing and needing the materials to do it with and my brothers answer was "Not with my money" I'm so pissed at my brothers because it's all about them and not at all about our parents. That's ok, hubby, my foster brother and myself will take care of them. When they leave this world, I better not see one damned tear! I'm so done with my blood brothers!
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@mentalward (14690)
• United States
16 Apr 10
Hi Cats. Sorry this took so long but I never received the notification. 
I've offered the same thing to my sons because it is tornado season and there has already been one tornado to touch down in our town since we moved here. My sons live in a mobile home. Our house is strong and has a basement so I've told them both to get their buns over this way if they hear of a tornado watch. If there's a warning, they should get themselves to the nearest safe place because I wouldn't want them on the road when a warning has been issued. We live 12 miles apart and a warning means one is imminent or actually happening. Being in a car on the road is one of the worst places they could be.
I offered. That's all I can do. I have the feeling that they won't take me up on my offer, though. Kids, like parents, can be stubborn. Heck, we all can, can't we? All we can do is offer. That tells them that we care, even if they don't take us up on our offer.
I like to play it safe but I also believe that what will happen will happen, no matter what. We can only do so much and the rest is up to fate, or the Supreme Being (God, Allah, Buddha, etc.), whichever you believe.
Your parents know that you care. They know you love them.
I've offered the same thing to my sons because it is tornado season and there has already been one tornado to touch down in our town since we moved here. My sons live in a mobile home. Our house is strong and has a basement so I've told them both to get their buns over this way if they hear of a tornado watch. If there's a warning, they should get themselves to the nearest safe place because I wouldn't want them on the road when a warning has been issued. We live 12 miles apart and a warning means one is imminent or actually happening. Being in a car on the road is one of the worst places they could be.
I offered. That's all I can do. I have the feeling that they won't take me up on my offer, though. Kids, like parents, can be stubborn. Heck, we all can, can't we? All we can do is offer. That tells them that we care, even if they don't take us up on our offer.
I like to play it safe but I also believe that what will happen will happen, no matter what. We can only do so much and the rest is up to fate, or the Supreme Being (God, Allah, Buddha, etc.), whichever you believe.
Your parents know that you care. They know you love them.@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
16 Apr 10
Hi Marti! I wasn't getting any notifications either but am now, some at least. All I asked from them is just an hour or so to get out of harms way! I was looking out for their safety or trying to. Besides, had the tornado hit them and they survived, who's going to be the one to care for them? US!! Hubby and I!! Haven't we been put through enough and then some?
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
12 Apr 10
I appreciate your concern for your folks and of course it is a kind thing to do to have come and stay with you. Parents have a tendency to be stubborn; I have a pair just like that too! For years my parents would not visit my house because their view was that them being the parents it was our ‘duty’ for my sister and I to visit them at all times until I decided to no longer go to them until they came to me! It took a while and it was difficult to stand my ground but it eventually worked and they visit me every now and again. They had no excuse we only live fifteen minutes away from each other!
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
15 Apr 10
Good for you!! I'm so proud of you for standing up to them! Oh this BS crap of us kids having to go to their house all the time. Where do our parents come off with these ideas? As for mine, can't they realize we're only wishing the best for them? We mean no harm, quite the contrary! Besides, if the tornado had hit them and they survived, who's going to be the ones to care for them? US!! Damn! Haven't we been put through enough already?
Where do our parents come off with these ideas? As for mine, can't they realize we're only wishing the best for them? We mean no harm, quite the contrary! Besides, if the tornado had hit them and they survived, who's going to be the ones to care for them? US!! Damn! Haven't we been put through enough already?1 person likes this
@HelloMickey (1655)
• Hong Kong
10 Apr 10
Hello CatsandDogs
Your dad chose what he wanted to do, and you did your job and did it great. I think all people would think they are correct to choose the right thing to do, it doesn't matter it is right or wrong.
Many elderly would insist on their own thoughts and views, maybe when I am old, I would become stubborn as well.
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
15 Apr 10
If you become stubborn in your old age you're only hurting yourself, not those around you. Sorry, I don't mean to sound harsh but the truth is the truth. My aunt said something about not having anybody to care for her when she's up in age and I told her that I'd be happy to care for her but I made her promise to not give me a hard time or I will back out because I've been through it with my parents and can't handle another difficult situation and she promised me that she wouldn't do that to me.
@HelloMickey (1655)
• Hong Kong
15 Apr 10
Hello CatsandDogs
Thank you for your advice. I think I know the situation, as my MIL is a indeed very stubborn woman, so she can't live with us as my hubby can't share the same house with her anymore, she only insists on what she wants, but think it thoroughly, she can choose what she likes, that's why we don't want to disturb her own lifestyle, but on the other hand, she likes to complain why we don't live with her, then it is only her problem that she won't compromise with us.
Sometimes I would think it is generation gap, maybe she was a kind of open-minded woman in her time, but as time passes, we youngsters have our own views and we would think she is stubborn. We can't stop this happens but we can do our best to don't let it happen. I hope that I can do my best, while if my next generation still think I am stubborn, I would accept it and I would let them do what they want.
Have a nice day. Nice to share opinions with you.
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@lilredneck (12)
• United States
10 Apr 10
I haven't really gotten to that point with my mom or my dad. They are divorced, one lives a few blocks from me, my mom lives about 45 minutes away. But what you have described fits my grandmother and granddad to a tee. It sounds like a conversation that would happen between my mom and them. They are very bull-headed and set in their ways. And unless mom just 'happens' to stop by there, they would not ask her to come down and do anything, like your parents, 'it's too far to drive for just that' type thing. The thing is, they live out in the country, me and my dad are the closest to them, 10 minutes away, but they still wouldn't call and ask for help with anything, *sigh*
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
15 Apr 10
OMG, what a nightmare it is! You REALLY need to have a sit down talk with both of your parents and see where you stand exactly in their wants and needs and get to know all about medicare and todays options which is a string off of medicare and power of attorney and so on so you'll know what you'll have to deal with when they get older. If you're the one who's to care for them, find out what exactly they expect of you so you'll know a head of time. Also my dear friend below you on here sent me a book called "Dummies guide on how to care for your ageist parents" and it's been a God send! for it's helped me a great deal but still, my parents won't listen to anything we say or come to find out. Our situation is this, our advice isn't worth anything but our money is. In other words, what they want they eventually get and they know it OR if they get into a situation, guess who bails them out! Go figure.
@leenie50 (3992)
• United States
10 Apr 10
Hey Mary Beth,
One of these days you just might have to come to the conclusion that your parents are stubborn as hell!! And at their age I doubt that they intend to change. This makes it very hard on you because you can't keep them safe and sound. Can you see that that is where your strength and independence comes from? Sweetie, they are safe I assume and you are still frustrated. Might as well let it go because I'm sure they think they were right.
I'm just really glad that you all are safeand sound. I wouldn't want anything to happen to my buddy.
Love Ya
Leenie
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
10 Apr 10
Ha! Ha! If that isn't the truth, then I wouldn't know what is!! I've gotta tell ya, mom used to say to us kids when we were little that every gray hair on her head had our names on them. Well, now that I'm older, I can say the EXACT same thing about them! LOL Gee, I didn't ask them to spend the night. I just wanted them to come here till the storm passes to be safe, not to give up their home. I'd have given them gas money if they'd come. I just want them around for as long as I can have them.
I've been through a tornado before and it's no fun! No fun at all! Frankly, it scared the sh!t out of me and my husband but we survived, thank God! And a near hit too which was on the 27th of May of 2007. I knew it was coming my way so I packed up my fur babies and some of my most precious of things and was about to leave when hubby came home and I told him what was going on and he got in the car with me and we left! We actually saw that tornado on the way out and sure enough, it was heading towards our house! We just knew we didn't have a house to come home to. About an hour later we returned home to find our house still in tact, thank God but the next day we found out that the tornado had gone back up into the sky and went over this hill behind our house and got the little town just over that hill and killed 27 people. That impacted me in the worst of ways! I felt so sick to my stomach over the loss of those people and their families. Even the asphalt and bark off the trees were stripped clean! It was awful and something that I'll never ever forget. So I just wanted my parents safe. I didn't want them to give up their home or even to spend the night but to stay at my place till the storm blew over. Give me the peace of mind that I'd give them if the situation were reversed. Hugs to you!!
I've gotta tell ya, mom used to say to us kids when we were little that every gray hair on her head had our names on them. Well, now that I'm older, I can say the EXACT same thing about them! LOL Gee, I didn't ask them to spend the night. I just wanted them to come here till the storm passes to be safe, not to give up their home. I'd have given them gas money if they'd come. I just want them around for as long as I can have them.
I've been through a tornado before and it's no fun! No fun at all! Frankly, it scared the sh!t out of me and my husband but we survived, thank God! And a near hit too which was on the 27th of May of 2007. I knew it was coming my way so I packed up my fur babies and some of my most precious of things and was about to leave when hubby came home and I told him what was going on and he got in the car with me and we left! We actually saw that tornado on the way out and sure enough, it was heading towards our house! We just knew we didn't have a house to come home to. About an hour later we returned home to find our house still in tact, thank God but the next day we found out that the tornado had gone back up into the sky and went over this hill behind our house and got the little town just over that hill and killed 27 people. That impacted me in the worst of ways! I felt so sick to my stomach over the loss of those people and their families. Even the asphalt and bark off the trees were stripped clean! It was awful and something that I'll never ever forget. So I just wanted my parents safe. I didn't want them to give up their home or even to spend the night but to stay at my place till the storm blew over. Give me the peace of mind that I'd give them if the situation were reversed. Hugs to you!!