I know your parents have been a great support to you through this.
However, they don't have a crystal ball to be able to tell the future anymore than I do. Although I wish I did.
This kind of projection will just make your situation harder.
Focus on today and don't worry about tomorrow. Or next month or next year. That is how you get through this.
A question...you keep going on about the housekeeping stuff and I believe you said it was something that you developed resentment about.
Resentment erodes our feelings over time, like the waves erode the beaches. If you don't do anything to change it, eventually you are left with a little pile of sand instead of the beautiful beach you once had.
While at this point you don't forsee her coming back, you never know what the future holds. I would suggest that for whatever relationship you have in the future, you learn how to let go of resentments, how to reverse the process as it's happening, and how to communicate and work cooperatively...
How did you communicate with her about your expectations/desires about housework?
"Acceptance doesn't mean resignation. It means understanding that something is what it is and there's got to be a way through it."--Michael J. Fox
