tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24299237.post6880484576100271501..comments2024-03-28T11:20:13.402+05:30Comments on Variety is the spice of life: The perennial albatrossgilshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03259194565523548553noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24299237.post-6189710727129528332015-06-03T22:20:50.006+05:302015-06-03T22:20:50.006+05:30 Boss..semma points..I need a post to answer this ... Boss..semma points..I need a post to answer this comment :)gilshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03259194565523548553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24299237.post-35635731184123978852015-06-02T20:18:48.368+05:302015-06-02T20:18:48.368+05:30"Practically, no one is at fault here."
..."Practically, no one is at fault here."<br />I disagree. <br /><br />The US-based son with the newborn and expecting the parents to join him and his wife so that they can take care of the kid of the guilty party #1. <br />Being an adult means to take ownership of the consequences for the decisions made. Deciding to live in the US has its consequences, one of which is taking care of kids without the extended family. I have observed way too many young couples from India who bring their parents over here to take care of their kids and in almost all the cases the parents are pretty much slave-labor babysitters/nannies. I will not digress into that one because I want to stay focused on making a case that there are plenty at fault here ;)<br /><br />The parents of the US-based son are guilty party #2.<br />As we age, we are supposed to get a better handle on what exactly do we want from/in life. To be 60-plus (they have to be at least that old) and not to be able to understand what their own priorities are means that, well, the decades of experience have not taught them anything at all. Unless they figure out what their priorities are, neither your mother nor Superman will be able to help them. Those parents are seemingly trying to figure out how to expedite the exit of the ailing old woman so that they don't have to think through the issues. These parents "want to be" in America for all the wrong reasons.<br /><br />Finally, regarding "i dont even want to think about such a scenario, leave alone dicussing it" ... as I often note in my blog, this is an awful mistake that people do. All of us need to think about, and openly and honestly discuss, all kinds of unpleasant scenarios and reflect on life--we will then make much better decisions. Sriram Khéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724218458246880137noreply@blogger.com