Caring fo Our Parents

My parents are long gone. I am glad my brother and I decided to leave Manila and be with our mother as she was nearing her twilight years. My father passed when I was still in my 30's and too engrossed as a young corporate professional that I was not able to be with my father often.

I think caring parents when they are old is not a culture but part of love and responsibility being a son/daughter.I am guilty because i am not with dad,he is alone at home.he is 73 but still strong by God's grace.my sister is leaving walking distance from him.

I live with my mom, if that count. I just don't want her to manage things by herself. I have to sacrifice my job and move back. However most things are easier said than done. We tend to get frustrated most of the time, yet we have to be very patient with them.

I lived with my parents until they passed, then again I had no choice. I was 17 when my mom passed and I was a week shy of 19 when my father passed. My elder siblings weren't as kind when my parents reached their final stages of life. my older brother (their biological son, I was adopted) wanting nothing to do with my parents. It was basically a mess. My sister-in-law had to put my mother-in-law in a home a few moments after my father-in-law passed. So, it's not as common here, but some people do drop everything to care for their parents.

Mine is already seventy, I hope she doesn't get into a serious problem despite of her old age.

Yes, I can relate because I took care of my parents until they die. I now missed them.

Oh yes in our culture we also take care of eldertly we do not put them in nursing homes.

That is something we Filipinos can relate too

Unfortunately, both my beloved parents are long gone, but I would have taken care of them. I hope your parents live long in good health and much happiness.

Asian cultures seem to be much more willing to commit to caring for their parents than some Western cultures.

I remember the episode of that noontime show where the winner for the day was a retired lady teacher who slept in the garage of a couple whose child she was tutoring. The couple offered to have her sleep in one of the rooms in the house but she was contented sleeping in the garage. She grew old being single because she was caring for her parents who were now gone. She had a boyfriend who visited her every week. The boyfriend also remained single at past 60 because he was also the one caring for his parents who were now gone. Both of them had forgone marriage in favor of caring for their parents. The noontime show hosts invited the boyfriend to the studio where they egged him to propose marriage in front of the live audience who cheered them wildly. The noontime show then arranged for the two to be married in church and they footed all the wedding expenses from the bride’s gown to the wedding reception. Many got teary-eyed by such a wonderful love story of sacrifice to care for parents. I guess that noontime show is the that you view too.

Indeed, that's is very common in our culture. I'd be willing to do the same.

A lovely and very respectful relationship

Very nice

that is the practice in our country. It is always nice to take care of them

My parents are all gone but I was providing them financial support. That was the only way I could being far from them.