My Mother's Mid-Life Crisis

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I interviewed my mother for this assignment. My mother talked about how she had discovered that she now had discovered that she had more free time since my sister and myself are not home as often. When I asked my mother about her mid-life crisis she said that she didn’t really feel like she had one and that my father was more or less the one who had a hard time accepting his age. My mother said she was happy that her children were leaving the house and exploring the world. However, she was also sad that our time of making special memories together was going to be reduced. Mom mentioned that she felt like she used to be the primary caretaker of the house doing all the cooking, laundry, and other mother/wife chores. Now my mother feels like all

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