One thing that really annoys me being a carer for my elderly uncle is how little support and understanding you get from friends and family. “well you decided to take this on” (looking after my bereaved unlcle). “,You should of just got social services.” “You should just put him in a home!”
“You are HIS carer.”
It really wants to make me scream! Yes I could of done all those things but I’m not SELFISH and I am not the kind of person to just walk away and leave him on his own. I feel like saying "It’s because I’m not selfish unlike you!’ but I can’t. I’ve even had my partner’s nanna tell me I should put him in a home, walk away, he’s not my real uncle, only through marriage blah blah.
Does anyone else feel like this? Do you get little off the cuff remarks from family or friends?
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