[quote=6packscaredy]Companionship fades as they establish their own thing.

love is too vague. It’s just the sum total of how other people make us feel and what they do for us. Kids love their parents in a nostalgic way but the spell is broken when they create their own lives.

It’s sad. It’s the beginning of dying.[/quote]

Just not true from my perspective. My Dad died almost three years ago and it is with me every day, especially at the holidays. My Mom has dementia and that is equally distressing. I wish all the time that they were still in my life as they used to be (and I am 50). And in terms of beginning dying, after we were on our own my parents moved, made lots of new friends, volunteered thousands of hours and started new hobbies. To quote Edna Mode – maybe you need to remind them who you are.