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I think you are not alone. My mother is one who would always remind us how difficult it was for her to raise us, how she had sacrificed, as if it wasn’t her responsibility, and hence now we have to pay her back by literally abandoning our own children and spending all our time with her, pay her the utmost respect and care for her like she couldn’t get out of bed (while she still can). She uses all kinds of tactics to get money out of us, like complaining that the appliances she has are getting too old, but once we gave her money to get a new one, she changed her mind. She also asked my sister (who is divorced with kids) to give her kids away because it’s no use looking after any kids. She refused to help keep an eye on my kid (a 2-year-old at the time) while my wife cooked for her. She gets very annoyed when her grandchildren are around. I guess when we get old, we change. What changes us? I don’t know. I think we just have to be patient with them. One day, we may become like them. What do I tell my kids? I’m still looking for that answer.

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Name : P, Gender : M, Race : Asian, Age : 36, City : Singapore, State : NA, Country : Singapore, Occupation : Engineer, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class, 

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