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On Mon, 24 Jul 2017 21:28:19 +1000, Bruce >
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>On Mon, 24 Jul 2017 08:21:19 -0300, wrote:
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>>On Sun, 23 Jul 2017 22:53:07 -0700, "Cheri" >
>>wrote:
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> wrote in message
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>>>> To me, it was only natural my mother would come to me, she couldn't
>>>> continue living in Spain without my father. In my book, elder people
>>>> die at home and I intend to do so myself, one way or another. I didn't
>>>> regard it as a burden or duty, just doing what comes naturally.
>>>
>>>
>>>Yes, people used to do that a lot more than they do now. My grandmother and
>>>my uncle lived with us most of our lives, up until the time they died. I
>>>have wonderful memories of both of them.
>>>
>>>Cheri
>>
>>I felt it was good for our kids, not only did they get to really know
>>each other but it bred some tolerance into my kids for older people.
>>Some things had to be sacrificed but it didn't harm any of us.
>
>I thought for a long time that old people were a special kind of
>people that were born old. Only now that I'm starting to get older
>myself do I realise that old people were once young. I now have more
>sympathy for them.

Way too late that you became intelligent... obviously still not
intelligent.