I’ve go the best idea for a reality TV show: my father, and, my mother in law buy a house together.
He needs someone to do stuff for him (like cook), and, she needs to do stuff for someone.
Maybe you have to know them to appreciate that thought, but, I guarantee it’d be #1 in reality TV. Or, someone wouldn’t come out alive, I don’t know which.
They couldn’t be more different. The Odd Couple would have nothing on them.

Since my mother died, my father has, by default, taken over some of her roles.
It’s more than just the practical things such as grocery shopping, bill paying, and laundry (actually he’s better at laundry than I am, but, that’s beside the point, and, actually, not very hard to do), it’s more of the motherly and grandmotherly roles, and, it’s not something he’s had to do in a while.
He’s such things as the official sender of Valentines and the hider of Easter eggs. He’s glad to do it, and, has the proper sentiment, but, you know he’d also be fine with …read more

At my friend’s father’s (that sure was a lot of possesives, there) funeral the other day, I sat with a guy I kind of know, we have kids in the same class at school. He was a friend of the family, and, I discovered from reading the program that his father was a pallbearer. His dad and the deceased were best friends.
Like I said, I don’t know him all that well, but, for some reason I was struck with verbal diarrhea about my mother’s death from cancer six months ago, and, he was my victim. I was telling some story …read more

If you read here for any length of time, we’ve established that: it’s expensive to get old, it’s hard taking care of kids and aging parents at the same time, employers should offer eldercare benefits, and, my dad now lives alone since my mother died in July.
But, did you ever wonder how people found their way here to GenBetween.com? Just humor me, OK?
Looking at the search phrases that landed people here at GenBetween, it looks like a lot of you have parents who’ve died, please accept my condolences, we’re just having a little fun here. Others of you look like …read more

This has got nothing to do with anything, really, but, in watching the coverage of Gerald Ford’s funeral, I am struck by how exhausting it must be for his family.
When my mother died this past summer, we ended up having to wait 5 days between her death and her funeral because of the church schedule. Other than visitation, we didn’t really have anything going on in between, yet, it was physically, and, emotionally exhausting. I can’t imagine what it must be like for the Ford family.
Additionally, I can’t imagine what it would be like to have to do this in …read more

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