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Why choosing independence in old age can feel like abandoning tradition

My Chinese grandmother lived with us until she died at ninety-six, but I am planning to move to a retirement community and my daughter thinks I am selfish.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The desire for autonomy conflicts with the deep human need to belong and be needed.

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