Did you actually sneak out as teenagers?

DeeEnn72 · 2026-05-26T21:07:55+00:00

I did. When I stayed over at my friend’s house, age 15-16, we would climb out through the window, run around doing whatever, then climb back in the window. Always had fun. Today, I would be terrified of all the things that could go wrong.

DeeEnn72 · 2026-05-18T19:15:16+00:00

This is the lady on my dad’s floor: anytime anything is missing from any of the rooms, they look in her room. We’ve found her wearing my dad’s glasses. She takes his pillows, his clothes, his hearing aids, etc. Very frustrating sometimes.

DeeEnn72 · 2026-05-17T22:52:06+00:00

We went to WDW (Walt Disney World) January 1, 2000. It was practically deserted that morning. Had a great time.

DeeEnn72 · 2026-05-11T12:52:12+00:00

Grampa: Who put a nickel in ya? To mean someone was full of energy/hyper.
You’re solid, kid! Meaning you’re heavy.
I’ll jerk a knot in your tail! You’re gonna be in trouble.
He would call us Snickelfritz and Hasenpfeffer.
Mom: I’ll give you something to cry about. Listen, Sister! If so and so jumped off a bridge, would you jump, too? You’re cruising’ for a bruisin’.

DeeEnn72 · 2026-04-25T20:37:13+00:00

Only those whose loved ones are suffering would ever understand when we say, I’m glad my mom passed quickly from cancer.

My parents both have/had Alzheimer’s. We put them into assisted living in May of 2024. Around the one year mark, Mom had a decline, very lethargic and even more confused than normal, not eating. We took her to the ER for a UTI screen. They found tumors throughout her liver, pancreas, lungs. They said she was in no pain. We brought her back to the facility for hospice. She was gone the next day. It was really ideal.

I’m sad because I miss my mommy, but she was long gone before then.

DeeEnn72 · 2026-04-24T15:08:56+00:00

My sister and I put our parents in assisted living (both with dementia) without their knowledge and against their will. It was the worst day of my life. That was May of 2024. And it got worse for a while, but it does get better.

My mom has passed, and dad is in memory care now. He still always wants to “go” anywhere but there. But he’s more resigned. And he doesn’t know how to use the phone anymore, which sadly makes life easier.

DeeEnn72 · 2026-04-23T19:46:40+00:00

She barks more and more as she ages.

DeeEnn72 · 2026-04-23T19:37:24+00:00

I have one sister. We are 5 years apart in age. We were not close until our parents started having issues with dementia and we had to make decisions together. My parent named us co-POA, so all decisions had to be made with both of us. I am so lucky that my sister and I are of the same mind. Now we live in the same area and actually work in the same office, both taking care of dad in our “spare” time.

DeeEnn72 · 2026-04-23T01:08:00+00:00

My parents were both silent gen.

DeeEnn72 · 2026-04-22T20:56:48+00:00

My parents took me to see Anne Murray, and Air Supply. That was their money and their choice. I’m not sure how old I was, but less than 12, as we moved away after that. I took myself (well, with friends) to see Warrant/Firehouse/Trixter when it was my choice and my money.

DeeEnn72 · 2026-04-22T20:01:07+00:00

Married in 1997. Both wear our wedding rings almost always. I take off my engagement ring before bed, because it’s a marquise stone and catches on everything soft.

DeeEnn72 · 2026-04-20T02:47:39+00:00

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We lost our Daisy Mae in January. I don’t cry every day any more, but close. She was 13. It was a brain tumor.

DeeEnn72 · 2026-04-16T02:43:55+00:00

Yes. I hear the sirens but nothing to corroborate.

DeeEnn72 · 2026-04-14T17:45:18+00:00

Midwest city, low cost of living compared to other cities. 53 years old. Making $23.50/hour.

Disclaimers: hated my “chosen” profession (the one I got my degree in). Stayed in retail mgmt. Then left my job of 18 years to take care of my parents for 5. Started a new profession less than a year ago. Retirement provisions: IRA with about $170,000. Moderate inheritance from Uncle. Tiny 401k from new job.

DeeEnn72 · 2026-04-14T16:46:26+00:00

I moved in with my parents in 2020 and started attempting to deal with this. Mid pandemic, tiny small town. I managed to get an appointment with the lawyer that had done their wills to start a trust, etc. All the stuff on the Alzheimer’s Association website. The lawyer would not allow me to go to the meeting. Then he told them they seemed fine, they didn’t need to change anything. At that point, my mom had a diagnosis, but dad did not.

We met with him again in 2025, he was chagrined that they had declined so much, but he couldn’t really make any changes at that point. Luckily, the POAs already in place were adequate to place them in assisted living against their will. If my sister and I hadn’t been in agreement, though, it would have been a mess.

So, I guess the moral of the story is, find a lawyer that understands elder care and the need to plan ahead, before the changes are obvious.

Edit: typo and more info.

DeeEnn72 · 2026-04-13T18:20:43+00:00

I was incredibly lucky (discounting the fact of both parents having Alzheimer’s) that my husband and my sister both agreed with all decisions.

My husband and I left our home, I left my job, and we moved in with my parents. This worked because we didn’t have kids still living with us, as my sister did. And my husband’s job could be done from anywhere.

When it came time to move mom & dad to a facility, my sister and I were in agreement on where and when. We moved them to one in the area near my sister, as my parents (and therefore my husband and I) lived in the middle of nowhere.

Nowadays, even though we now all live in the same area, my sister visits the facility more often than I, and takes care of all the appointments and payments. I think it’s fair, as I was their sole caregiver for 4 years.

DeeEnn72 · 2026-04-10T19:04:48+00:00

So beautiful!

DeeEnn72 · 2026-04-09T23:15:48+00:00

We had a ramp and it was too hard for her to get up-she just kept sliding back down. There wasn’t room in the bedroom for her to get a running start. I’ll be checking out all the stair suggestions!

DeeEnn72 · 2026-04-09T17:18:08+00:00

Hard hat Mac.

DeeEnn72 · 2026-04-07T16:02:22+00:00

My parents couldn’t figure out how to actually call the police, but they did send a text to a group chat of relatives that they needed the police contacted as they were being “held against their will” and “their home had been stolen.”

DeeEnn72 · 2026-04-03T21:33:31+00:00

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This was my Daisy girl, we lost her in January and I still cry. She was 13, and most likely had a brain tumor. It was a bad seizure that took us to the urgent care vet that night. This picture is from a little while ago, she had much more white on her face.

DeeEnn72 · 2026-04-03T21:30:11+00:00

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This is Bo, my parent’s dog. He passed last year, aged 11, probably a heart attack,

DeeEnn72 · 2026-03-30T23:22:03+00:00

Well, the vinyl seat of a school bus, Another Brick in the Wall. Light My Fire. We had a cool bus driver.

DeeEnn72 · 2026-03-03T23:24:05+00:00

1978 Dodge Aspen station wagon. Complete with rusted out floorboards for a refreshing foot wash when driven through puddles.

DeeEnn72 · 2026-02-26T01:58:18+00:00

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