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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI, right now, unexpectedly, have both of my parents sitting on my living room couch.
I'm 56 and I feel like I'm 12, and they're getting along like they haven't been divorced since I was 12.
It's very disconcerting.
samnsara
(17,651 posts)Iggo
(47,579 posts)Oh! You mean for them!
Excellent idea!
elleng
(131,240 posts)Thank you!
elleng
(131,240 posts)elleng
(131,240 posts)Just SMILE!
Iggo
(47,579 posts)handmade34
(22,759 posts)they are growing up
Iggo
(47,579 posts)NanceGreggs
(27,820 posts)... you never know what craziness they'll get up to.
You try to raise them right ...
Iggo
(47,579 posts)Weirdos.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Iggo
(47,579 posts)But I've got them occupied watching videos of their nearly two year old grandkid. (I hate saying twenty-one month old.)
Dad lives with us and sees him every day. Mom has seen him maybe twice, and not since 2016. So it's all new to her.
They're getting along famously.
Tomorrow may be different, but tonight's a gift!
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Iggo
(47,579 posts)Phoenix61
(17,023 posts)Enjoy your time with them.
Iggo
(47,579 posts)Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)Mom died when I was 34 and Dad died when I was 2 1/2.
Iggo
(47,579 posts)Iggo
(47,579 posts)Thanks for sitting with me for a few minutes, folks!
MaryMagdaline
(6,858 posts)She was exhausted from traveling across town to see her dad and when he got frail she moved him into the upstairs room at her mom's house. He knew but the mom did not know her ex was living in the house. This was in Britain so there were pensions to allow both parents to live at home instead of nursing homes.
Anyway, seems that you raised your parents well. Happy holidays!!
barbtries
(28,815 posts)if they hadn't been divorced since you were 12 just imagine how miserable it would be. my ex and i get along fine but it took years of divorce for that to happen.
This wont end well
montana_hazeleyes
(3,424 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,027 posts)True Dough
(17,351 posts)to introduce all of us DU folk who post in this thread. It's only courteous to let them know we're all part of the conversation.
bitterross
(4,066 posts)If you are 56 then they are certainly a bit older. Maybe you can enjoy being around them while they are still there. Both of my parents are gone and I wish I had the opportunity to talk to them as an adult.
I know that is really easy for me to propose since I'm not there. Frankly, I'd be breaking out in hives in the same situation.
MFM008
(19,826 posts)this is Christmas 17 without him.
nolabear
(42,001 posts)Merry Christmas, Iggo. 😄
Skittles
(153,243 posts)I don't know these things; I never lived in the same state as my parents after age 18.
Iggo
(47,579 posts)Dad lives with us, and has for the last thirty years, but Mom lives a hundred miles away, by herself, and she's happy to do so.
Thing is, she broke her foot last night and she can't be all alone in a house with a broken foot at her age.
We found out about it this morning, made the two hundred mile drive, and by the afternoon there were Mom and Dad together in the living room.
When I woke up this morning, I had a whole 'nother evening planned.
Rhiannon12866
(206,412 posts)And wishing your whole family a wonderful Christmas together again! I'd sure give just about anything to have that experience again, myself...
Skittles
(153,243 posts)that IS unexpected
Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones
kairos12
(12,891 posts)Iggo
(47,579 posts)...and some movie with Annette Benning, Meg Ryan, Candace Bergen, and that chick from Will and Grace.
A good time was had by both.