Baby Boomers
In reply to the discussion: Issues for Boomers: the illness or death of our parents [View all]southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)mother didn't drive, never wrote a check or paid the bills. My dad was old fashioned believing he was the bread winner and he took care of the bill paying and she took care of the house and family. My dad use to help mom on the weekends by taking us kids out so she could have time to herself. He was wonderful. I was mad when he died (as if he wanted to) because he left 2 younger children. My parents had 6 kids. Four within 2 yrs apart then 10 yrs pass and they had 2 more. I think god gave my mom 2 more to keep her busy when he died. My oldest brother took care of the funeral arrangements and we all split what bills she left unpaid. You know I don't care how prepared you think you are you always forget something.
GOOD LAUGH FOR YOUR DAY.
Now my in-laws were better prepared. However I have to say my mother-in-law after my father-in-law died went back in time. She was 82 yrs old when her husband died. He died in Oct and 31 Dec she wanted to go to a night spot for New Years Eve. I just couldn't believe it. My husband and I don't do bars but she wanted to go and we took her and dropped her off then picked her up at 1:00 am in the morning. She was alittle tipsy. That wasn't the Kicker. She started hanging around these farmers around our rural area. They are in their late 40s and 50s. She would go to the bar with them she would drive home and those guys would be over at her house. I mean there was no following around. How would you like coming home from work at 9:30 in the evening and it is the police department telling you they have your mother-in-law in jail? Its funny now but not at the time. We had to bail her out and of course she had to go to court. OMG I begged them to let her go first because the court room was crowded. LOL. That damn judge called her up and I went with her because she was very nervous and the judge looked at me and had the nerve to ask me where was I. I looked at him and I told him that I was at work and the last time I checked she was well over 21. She had to pay a fine. But it didn't stop her from enjoying her life although it worried the heck out of my husband and I. She finally did slow down at the age of 89 when she ended up in the nursing home because she fell and she never would try to move from her fall.
Life really is a bowl of cherries like Erma Bombeck would say