Realities Of Watching Your Parents Age

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My parents are getting older. Technically, everyone is, but when I talk about getting older I talk about them reaching a phase when they can’t instantly say yes to every adventurous idea I have. Their minds may want to, but their bodies cannot. And, even sometimes, their minds cannot—either because they’re just getting to a point when millennial’s ideas seem crazy, or they’re just a bit foggy. It’s scary. It really is. I won’t sugar coat it and say that it’s never worrisome. There’s also this odd predicament my generation may be in in which, we aren’t, by our mid-thirties or early forties, quite as settled as past generations were at that age. We’re into self-discovery and taking our time with marriages and careers. So, we can see our parents getting older, when we barely yet feel like adults ourselves! Here are the realities of watching your parents age.

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Forgetfulness isn’t rude

If your parent forgets something, your instinct is to get upset because you think they just weren’t listening when you told them the first time. But you have to stop and realize it may just be that their memory is getting worse with age.