"Should I let this go? THROWN IN OREGON DEAR THROWN: Yes, let it go. Your children are adults and have their own priorities. You can't control them, nor should you try. I'm sorry your friend is upset, but your children are not responsible for it. The kids are not as close as she assumed they were, and she is going to have to learn to accept that."
"While we are cordial with my 97-year-old mother-in-law, our relationship with my wife's two older sisters is poor. Recently, her sisters put their mother into an elder care facility without informing us, much less inviting us to tour the facility. By the time we found out, the paperwork had already been signed. The facility is two hours away from where she had been living"
Longtime friends announced their daughter's destination wedding; parents will attend but their adult children cannot due to jobs and family obligations. The bride's mother reacted strongly and expressed hurt, prompting concern about whether to inform the children. The advised course is to accept that adult children have independent priorities and cannot be controlled. In a separate family conflict, a man reports estrangement from his wife's sisters after they placed his 97-year-old mother-in-law into an elder care facility without notifying them. The facility is two hours away, disrupting her social life and longtime doctors, and she reports depression; questions remain about her competency to decide.
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