Is this fair though? To just accept that the burden will fall on the daughters because they care too much? Especially those single?
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Not fair at all! How are we expected to make up half of the workforce when these roles are forced on us!!! Im exhausted
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Women are too busy cleaning up after men
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Yep. My friend & her sis took care of their parents while their bro dropped in as convenient (& he was always treated like a hero
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Rage and resentment are, more often than not, present realities that go hand-and-hand with compassion and caring for loved ones.
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I'm sorry for all of your pain.
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Anecdotally-almost always the daughters at the bedside of their elderly parent in Emergency Dept. So stressful for them
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Yes, I cared for my Mother for a year before she died. It was my pleasure to do it. Even now I wish I could've done more for her.
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What a GREAT story. I know. I was that daughter.
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women have been saying this for YEARS but it takes an NYT article with "experts saying" for people to MAYBE listen...
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Its true and i've also noticed what I call the "dutiful gay son" in this situation as well. Very rarely the straight married son.
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@anytime I'm living this life now it's sooooo hard -
Bless you! It is beyond hard
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O man this wont fit well with the vagina head marching feminist. They are essential even though liberals look down on their roles.
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I'm a marching feminist who put my career on hold to care 4 my dying father. U don't know what you're talking about.
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Why does everybody mistakes the Swiss flag for the Red Cross?? So annoying for a Swiss citizen.
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I have always been that girl! To grandmother, father, stepdaughter & now fiance'.
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