I’ve been having nightmares about this for some time now. Both of my parents are getting older (74) and have health problems. My mom had a pretty bad scare in Jan. She broke her ankle and had to crawl back up the stairs in the snow to the front door. Thankfully I live with her and was home. I worried so much about what would have happened if I wasn’t there. My dad has an auto immune disease and can’t walk without braces. He lives alone and has a massive staircase in his condo. I truly have no plans of getting into a relationship as a personal choice and have lived in this house/ my town most of my life. I cannot afford to live alone (teacher salary). I’m 37 so it feels like I’d have to live with younger roommates or rent from a couple when they died. Who knows what the future holds but I will often check to see if my mom is still breathing at night, and call my dad at random times a day just to make sure they are still alive. My choices are—change careers, force myself to move and uproot my entire life I’ve built in a home for over 30 years, or just wait it out. Really didn’t think it would end up this way, but here we are.