John Delony

Or if it came down to it, they're going to be on their own.

Go ahead and solve that now because it will frame what you do next.

And either one of those options is going to be hard to think about.

Either one of those options is going to cause frustration, annoyance, whatever.

But that's just reality.

So let's just put them on the table.

The second thing I want you to do is can you batch this caretaking?

What I mean by that is can you call your parents and say, look, I love you guys.

You're my parents.

I'm not going to leave you destitute.

I will come to your house on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

I'll read you, you stack up all the mail.

I'll read you what you want me to read you.

I'll respond to your texts throughout the day when I can.

And if we have errands to run or whatever, Saturday is our errand day or Thursday is our errand day or Sunday is our, whatever, right?

Can you batch this caretaking so that you're not on call 24-7, 365?

Is that possible?

And then they get to choose, we don't want that kind of caretaking.

You're a bad daughter.

You should apologize.