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Scenario

When caring for aging parents strains your marriage

My wife has been taking care of her mother with dementia for three years and I feel guilty for resenting how little time we have together anymore.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The competing duties to spouse and family create an impossible tension between love and obligation.

Your guide for this
Mira
Mira works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Confucian Partnership Ethics — Duty and Love?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.